[extropy-chat] thought space map on cartoons

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/12/06, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
>
> >Ja, the question becomes who was doing the ugly provocation.
>
> I would say the provocation was taking place on all sides: the Danish
> extremist imams who whipped up the outrage (long after the original
> publication of the cartoons) among the Muslims in the Middle East, the
> western and muslim governments who each found support in one way or
> another for each of their particular viewpoints, and the western
> media, who were offended at possible limits on their free speech and
> therefore poured salt in the existing wounds of the minority Muslims
> in their countries.
>
> Amara
> .



The bottom line is that 'free speech' includes freedom to say things that
are offensive, stupid and provocative. If it only included things that by
definition could offend nobody it would not be free speech.

Dirk
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