Originally Posted by
The Ghost Of The Moog
Free Speech (and cue someone to cite Voltaire out of context) is not about insulting people.
Socal was the kind of person who thought it was. 'I live or die by free speech' he said (demanding the right to slag off whomsoever he chose - his request denied by moderators)
If you're a journalist, you're making yourself a war correspondent by taking the piss out of Islam. And you know darn well you're taking that risk. Actually its worse than that, a war correspondent just reports, a journalist who does this is making himself the prime frontline target.
Some bloke on the BBC now moaning about people who 'don't like being laughed at' Well, if they don't like it, don't laugh at them. Look at how people on Teakdoor take their dignity seriously and gas on for years on end about perceived slights - and they're anonymous handles !
People don't break lese majeste laws in Thailand, so perhaps French folk should lay off Islam and Americans should lay off Kim Jong Un - unless they are prepared to risk reprisals. Its just common sense, especially if you are a bread winner in the family.