On 15/01/15 12:42, Huge wrote:
On 2015-01-15, GB wrote:
On 15/01/2015 11:25, stuart noble wrote:

Given what's going on in the world, I don't think I'd be lampooning the
prophet. It may well be as offensive to many as a cartoon of Jimmy
Saville buggering a disabled toddler might be to us. Just because we in
the west have abandoned religion in favour of shopping, doesn't mean
other people don't feel strongly about it, and doesn't stop a handful of
nutters gravitating towards a cause that allows them to kill people.
When psychopaths have god on their side, you're in big trouble.

My thoughts exactly. We need to live in harmony with our neighbours, and
making fun of things they hold dear is not the way to go about it.

And will they return the favour?

Which is the $64,000 question.

And why 'mutual respect' only works if both parties agree to do it.

Frankly, if someone hates me, tries to take everything I have, and
enforces a code of conduct on me that I think is insane and will make my
life nasty, brutish and short, its all very well saying I must respect
his position, if as long as I respect it while I drive a bayonet through
his throat.


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