Zombie Muhammad? Atheist attacked by Muslim during Halloween parade

examiner.com ^ | Oct. 12, 2011 | Michael Stone

[Slings and Arrows]

Subsequently, a police report was filed, and charges in the matter are pending.

Against the Muzzie for assault, or the atheist for hate speech?

[BenLurkin]

Yup.

[dsc]

And the mooselimb survived? Disgraceful.

Right down the same path as Londanistan.

[Free ThinkerNY]

Thanks for the link.

[cradle of freedom]

So the athiest are now marching in parades to deliberately insult religion. Can’t they do anything that is just fun without adding nastiness to it?

[RobbyS]

Bravo, Mr. Muslim!

[TigerClaws]

I saw the video.

Saying that guy is likely a target.

The ‘draw the Prophet’ day chick posted that as a joke. A few weeks later she was in federal protection program with a new name and identity.

The SOUTH PARK guys folded quickly rather than joke about Muslims. Mormons? No problem. Libs are great exercising free speech until they might actually be in jeopardy.

[pennyfarmer]

So the athiest are now marching in parades to deliberately insult religion. Can’t they do anything that is just fun without adding nastiness to it?

No because their God is no God. They rally for the belief in nothing, for THE religion of nothing, and they worship themselves. Not to be outdone by anyone proclaiming a belief in something they continue to insult anyone with any belief contrary to their own. Sounds like a Religion to me.

[davius]

OK, That's just ridiculous. Zombies reanimate from the brain stem. There is no activity in the prefrontal cortex at all. If anything, it is actively decomposing. Speech would be impossible even for a mohammed zombie. So...what are the chances of adopting this costume nationally for Halloween....and ramalamadingdong...and weekends?

[Slings and Arrows]

The South Park guys did not fold - Comedy Central heavily censored their Mohammed episode without their consent.

[Don W]

link dead to purported article.

[eak3]

True they didn’t fold, but at the same time I don’t remember them throwing too much of a fuss about them editing it either. Comedy Central probably took the hit and allowed these guys to save face for that episode.

[Charlespg]

as Shakespeare wrote “a plague on both your houses “

[KevinDavis]

People do have a right to be nasty to any religion in America..

[Guy Gardner]

Bravo, Mr. Muslim!

A Muslim physically attacks someone for making fun of their religion, and you applaud them?

[RobbyS]

The “victim” was publicly ridiculing something sacred to that man, and he reacted naturally. Myself, I would limit the insult to a tomato is the face. The “vic’ should have the decency to respect others. If he does not, then he should be made aware of what the limits are.

[RobbyS]

Oh? “The “right?” The right to insult another while you lack the right to insult him? Civility demands that we respect what is sacred to others.THAT is how we all get along.

[KevinDavis]

I’m for a civil society, but we do have a right to be jerks.. Yes what the person did was wrong, but the person has a right to be one..

[Guy Gardner]

The “victim” was publicly ridiculing something sacred to that man, and he reacted naturally.

Physically assaulting someone when they insult your religion is a natural reaction?

Myself, I would limit the insult to a tomato is the face.

Which is also assault.

The “vic’ should have the decency to respect others. If he does not, then he should be made aware of what the limits are.

Here's what some rather bright people thought regarding limiting speech over 200 years ago. Check it out, it's most instructive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_amendment

[RobbyS]

In your neighborhood, I suppose, insult one’s any other person’s mother is also a First Amendment Right. The first amendment is in fact a public matter, and aims to allow us to make political statements. One is not entitled to make offensive remarks. If you make one at me, in person, we will do what nations do when others go too far, go to war, verbally or otherwise. Restriction: I do not hit women.