Blasphemy
Religion is a strange, irrational thing. But so are love, beauty, art, friendship, music and spirituality of whatever form. My point is that irrational may be good, but it may also violate the fundation of our society, democracy and freedom of speech. The debate raging all over the world about the Mohammed drawings is an important one. Christians and Jews have kept up with jokes on their behalf for centuries. But this cannot be the case with islam. Oh, no! The pen could be mightier than the sword, but not more frightening...
Honestly, I find the pictures of extremists burning the Norwegian flag quite provocating. But I don't threaten to kill anyone. The raging blind persons burning my nation's flag is taking a huge crap in their own nest. It is just as sophisticated as the blood revenge laws from the Middle Ages. Dante wrote about Mohammed in "Inferno" (A part of "Comedia Divina"), and several artists have painted the scene. Here's Salvador Dalí's contribution, from 1963:
Inferno XXVIII, 19-42.
The poets are in the ninth
chasm of the eighth circle, that of the Sowers of
Discord, whose punishment is to be mutilated.
Mahomet shows his entrails to Dante and Virgil
while on the left stands his son Ali, his head cleft
from chin to forelock.
I agree, the Magazinet editor published the pictures to provocate islamic forces. It is really impressive to see him whimper now. The reactions must have been a huge shock to him. Or maybe not. The freedom of speech is a precious thing, and walking in the grey zone between hatred and evil on one side and the right to critizise on the other. Drawings of Muhammed, mocking or not; I find it difficult to see it violating the freedom of speech. Threaten to kill someone, however... That is crossing the line. But the apologies our government and the Danish government has sent mean two things.
We are willing to cross our beliefs
We have surrendered to opponents against freedom of speech
Great job, lads! As another blogger wrote: "We may well have a foreign minister who can do good PR work. I would prefer one who had a bit of a spine."
PS As I'm a coward without a spine as well, I only post a link to pictures of Mohammed throughout time. DS
Honestly, I find the pictures of extremists burning the Norwegian flag quite provocating. But I don't threaten to kill anyone. The raging blind persons burning my nation's flag is taking a huge crap in their own nest. It is just as sophisticated as the blood revenge laws from the Middle Ages. Dante wrote about Mohammed in "Inferno" (A part of "Comedia Divina"), and several artists have painted the scene. Here's Salvador Dalí's contribution, from 1963:
Inferno XXVIII, 19-42.
The poets are in the ninth
chasm of the eighth circle, that of the Sowers of
Discord, whose punishment is to be mutilated.
Mahomet shows his entrails to Dante and Virgil
while on the left stands his son Ali, his head cleft
from chin to forelock.
I agree, the Magazinet editor published the pictures to provocate islamic forces. It is really impressive to see him whimper now. The reactions must have been a huge shock to him. Or maybe not. The freedom of speech is a precious thing, and walking in the grey zone between hatred and evil on one side and the right to critizise on the other. Drawings of Muhammed, mocking or not; I find it difficult to see it violating the freedom of speech. Threaten to kill someone, however... That is crossing the line. But the apologies our government and the Danish government has sent mean two things.
Great job, lads! As another blogger wrote: "We may well have a foreign minister who can do good PR work. I would prefer one who had a bit of a spine."
PS As I'm a coward without a spine as well, I only post a link to pictures of Mohammed throughout time. DS
posted by Pandaen at
1.2.06
1 Comments:
I thought that drawing where mohammed says "stop stop! We're out of virgins!" to the suicide bombers is quite funny.
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Ragge, at 5:59 pm
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