I don't mean to blame the victims, but if you hold a public Mohammad-drawing contest, you should probably expect some trouble.
I don't mean to blame the victims, but if you hold a public Mohammad-drawing contest, you should probably expect some trouble.
It is one thing to expect trouble, but should making fun of a belief system be punishable by death?
ReplyDeleteOf course not. You might even argue that criticizing a belief system is the only way one individual can make a meaningful contribution to the evolution of human thought, and that ridicule is a legitimate form of criticism. You can even argue that a pernicious, malevolent belief system not only CAN be criticized, but SHOULD be.
ReplyDeleteBut let's be realistic. Holding and promoting a Mohammad-drawing contest is an open invitation to trouble, and everyone knows that. I assume the people who organized this event wanted trouble, for reasons of their own.