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05-21-2010, 02:24 AM
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KixdricyArrip
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yes and being tollerant also means respecting those who don't think the same way as you do.
I've heard this argument before and it's a logical fallacy.
The onus here is not on being insulted, but on threatening and acting on threats in response to something a religious group finds offensive.
This group is a demonstration in support of one's right to expression, and a display of defiance. It's not intended to offend, but rather to assert the rights of those who are not Muslim.
If you say: "well, it's only prudent not to insult them since they will kill me for my insult", it's not a display of tolerance, but one of cowardice. Where does it stop. When they say your wife's cleavage is insulting, are you going to make her wear a burka? When they say that your laws regarding buying a 13 year-old and forcing her to have sex are insulting, will you agree that they should do it at will?
The point is that there is no aspect of religion that should supercede civil law, when it concerns people other than the members of that religion.
Trust me, when I was in Jerusalem, and the orthodox threw dishes at our girls because their skirts were too short, I was equally as angry. That being said, I'm not really afraid of any Hassid decapitating me if I draw Moses eating a ham sandwich while taking it up the ass, on a Yom Kippur Shabbos. (Yes, there are one or two ultra-orthodox neighborhoods in Israel where this might be dangerous. But their own people look at them with disgust, and at least they confine their activities to within earshot of their own homes).
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