As many have done before them, and given us the rights and freedoms we enjoy, and all too often take for granted.Originally Posted by The Ghost Of The Moog
This radical lunatic fringe version of Islam is attempting to change a way of life...shut down those freedoms of expression that we paid dearly for in the past.
Are we supposed to allow these people to dictate what can and can not be published in our own countries? These satirical magazines and TV shows are part of everyday life in the western democracies. They can often be quite acidic and insulting towards our own political leaders, religious leaders and so on..... I've seen people I personally like and admire, roasted by them, but it's all part of our way of life and we manage to take it without feeling the inclination to load up our AK47's and kill them all.
If any group migrating from another culture/society moves to the west and is allowed to shut down (by violence or otherwise) these often provocative publications, just because THEY feel offended.....where do we stop? Everything we do or say seems to offend somebody from somewhere....