'The right to freedom of expression does not imply the right to offend religious beliefs.'
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oppose -53% · "Leaving out the radicals"moderated to 33%; argued down by 86%
by anonymous on 2006-02-23 19:12:25"The listener can either choose not to listen, or to criticize the offensive expression." yes this is the way the listener should react. but lets live in the real world where we have radicals and extremists. Logic and rationality is not their thing. They have a strong emotion towards their religion no matter how irrational their religion might be. We already know what these radicals can do. the 9/11 attacks, the london bombings etc. by our freedom of speech we are further fueling these extremists. In other words we are starting the fire ourselves. By our freedom of speech we are giving them a chance to further brain wash the youth by telling them how "evil" the nonbelievers are. so we should indulge in self cenorship. -
oppose 0% · Re: "Leaving out the radicals"moderated to 50%; argued down by 50%
by metric on 2006-02-24 04:46:38You make the false presumption that the 9/11 attacks, the london bombings, etc. were reactions based on our free speech "They hate us because we are free". I would argue, military aggression, bad trade policies, and support of their enemies (Israel) were the cause of them. If the west hadn't made such a bad image of itself, tolerance of our speech might be on a more level tone. These outbursts of violence are the culmination of the west's long-term disrespect for Muslim Nations.
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title: 'Re: "Leaving out the radicals"'
text: 'You make the false presumption that the 9/11 attacks, the london bombings, etc. were reactions based on our free speech "They hate us because we are free". I would argue, military aggression, bad trade policies, and support of their enemies (Israel) were the cause of them. If the west hadn't made such a bad image of itself, tolerance of our speech might be on a more level tone. These outbursts of violence are the culmination of the west's long-term disrespect for Muslim Nations.'
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date: 2006-02-24 04:46:38
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