09-27-2010, 08:46 AM
I've heard the argument that if Christians can take jokes about Jesus with a grain of salt (and mind you, not all Christians do) then Muhammad should be fair game. But our values are different, obviously.
I understand the logic. I understand that people are apparently wired to impose their values on others (muslims are imposing their conservative values on the cartoonist, the cartoonist is imposing his liberal values on them). But to police a group of people's thoughts and feelings and tell them that their values are ridiculous is... an exhausting exercise. So unless rocking the boat would actually be constructive and humane, it just ends up painful. Should it be punished? Not really, in this case. It's a cartoonists JOB to rock the boat.
I understand the logic. I understand that people are apparently wired to impose their values on others (muslims are imposing their conservative values on the cartoonist, the cartoonist is imposing his liberal values on them). But to police a group of people's thoughts and feelings and tell them that their values are ridiculous is... an exhausting exercise. So unless rocking the boat would actually be constructive and humane, it just ends up painful. Should it be punished? Not really, in this case. It's a cartoonists JOB to rock the boat.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?