“All are mean spirited mocking against someone’s religion. If this contest is so great, I hope you liked Piss Christ and Nazi cartoons of Jews. “
You missed the whole point of their contest. I was not to mock Islam, but to lay a line in the sand that Muslims cannot dictate by violence what non-Muslims can and cannot do.
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point of their contest. I was not to mock Islam, but to lay a line in the sand that Muslims cannot dictate by violence what non-Muslims can and cannot do.
Actually, I get the point of the contest and I agreed yesterday with Pam’s essay on why she did it. However, it still is wrong to deliberately mock and insult someone’s faith. Charlie Hebdo had a slight moral edge because they were a weekly magazine which mocked everyone.
I suppose if she cared not to break the Golden Rule she could have staged a protest without deliberately mocking another religion. Had meaningful speakers. Told the truth. But she decided a Piss Christ style shock would be more effective. It remains indefensible on a moral standpoint, though.