My Way Or the Highway

This continues my views on religion and now freedom of expression. I'm expressing these views with words AND with offensive pictures. So, if you're prone to burning buildings, rioting, violence, kidnappings, suicidal-murderous tendencies, click away now.

Really, turn your eye away because what you'll see WILL offend you. Particularly if you are a firm believer of Islam. So please, for the sake of world peace, look away. Go surf somewhere else. The great thing about CHOICE is that you can CHOOSE NOT TO LOOK!

SO TURN AWAY NOW!

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Still here? Then you must be of the "not so easily" offended camp. Cool. Let's continue the discussion then.

There's been a huge farce over the publications of some cartoons. Apparently, these cartoons represent all that is wrong with freedom of speech. These cartoons offend people and should never be published, some say, rather offendedly. Here's an example of one:



(I'm ashamed to say that I actually had to go to the BNP website to obtain these pictures... the very party who'd just as happily kick ME out of the UK. But no mainstream British publication is brave enough to defy Islam)

Hang on a minute. These cartoons are satire right? Isn't the whole point of a satire to make fun of something? And before people say "Why pick on Islam?"



This is an art piece replacing Jesus with a nude woman, and his disciples with a whole buncha geezas. No less offensive to Christians, as it was slammed back in 2001 by the mayor of New York, according to Zardozz. But I don't see flags burning or this:



My point? React. Be offended. But if you are stupid in your reaction, you only prove the point of the cartoon. No amount of flag burning will wipe off the thoughts from non-muslim minds: this religion is irreconcilable to the freedoms we cherish. Actions, as they say, speak so much louder than words.