Comments on: UN helpful http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/ Watching the watchers watching what we watch Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:40:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Ismet Kazim http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-57 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:46:04 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-57 I cannot call insulting other peoples religions freedom of speech because muslims are respecting all divine religeons as requested by the Holy Quran and therefore others should consequently respect our religeon too. By doing these provocations, these type of naive people, who dont even have respect for their own religeon too or even they dont follow any religeon at all, are provocing the extremists to react against them and when they react nobody is happy with it. I believe this newspaper should issue an official apology about their indecent action otherwise repercussions will continue and calls to boycott danish products will take effect and this of course will have a deep effect on the danish economy. I cannot call insulting other peoples religions freedom of speech because muslims are respecting all divine religeons as requested by the Holy Quran and therefore others should consequently respect our religeon too. By doing these provocations, these type of naive people, who dont even have respect for their own religeon too or even they dont follow any religeon at all, are provocing the extremists to react against them and when they react nobody is happy with it.
I believe this newspaper should issue an official apology about their indecent action otherwise repercussions will continue and calls to boycott danish products will take effect and this of course will have a deep effect on the danish economy.

]]> by: Paul http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-59 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 19:47:29 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-59 The Muhammad pictures may well offend you, and you have every right to take offence at whatever you like. However, being offended at something cannot and should not be used as a justification for issuing death threats or turning to wider terrorist activities. I find this "provoking extremists" argument highly objectionable. You, I and everyone else are responsible for our own actions. The implication that religious extremists are somehow forced to go around threatening people because of their convictions is both dangerous and wrong. As far as respect goes, you are under no obligation to respect my opinions and I am under no obligation to respect yours. In a free society, you have the right to express opinions that other people may find deeply offensive. The other side of this coin is that other people can, and will, say things that offend you. It is better to be occasionally offended than repressed. And to quickly address your idea of a boycott. Denmark is one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to foreign aid. If Muslim countries decide that they done want anything to do with Denmark, does that include aid? Has Jyllands-Posten just earned the Danes a tax cut? The Muhammad pictures may well offend you, and you have every right to take offence at whatever you like. However, being offended at something cannot and should not be used as a justification for issuing death threats or turning to wider terrorist activities.

I find this “provoking extremists” argument highly objectionable. You, I and everyone else are responsible for our own actions. The implication that religious extremists are somehow forced to go around threatening people because of their convictions is both dangerous and wrong.

As far as respect goes, you are under no obligation to respect my opinions and I am under no obligation to respect yours.

In a free society, you have the right to express opinions that other people may find deeply offensive. The other side of this coin is that other people can, and will, say things that offend you.

It is better to be occasionally offended than repressed.

And to quickly address your idea of a boycott. Denmark is one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to foreign aid. If Muslim countries decide that they done want anything to do with Denmark, does that include aid? Has Jyllands-Posten just earned the Danes a tax cut?

]]> by: Tarik Hoshan http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-113 Sat, 28 Jan 2006 09:39:47 -0500 http://www.pulpmovies.com/gagwatch/2005/12/un-helpful/#comment-113 Go check in France how laws are enacted laws to prevent putting into question the official version of the holocaust story. Denying the official version is now a crime. Why don't you talk about that since you are so keen to defend freedom of expression? What about hate speech laws in the name of which Muslims are jailed? Don't you think hate speech laws equally apply to such cartoons? Unfortunately, you are too biased and are only able to talk when Muslims react. Muslims should take all insults and shut up in the name of freedom of expression. Since when did freedom of expression become freedom of insulting and making fun of others? Go check in France how laws are enacted laws to prevent putting into question the official version of the holocaust story. Denying the official version is now a crime. Why don’t you talk about that since you are so keen to defend freedom of expression? What about hate speech laws in the name of which Muslims are jailed? Don’t you think hate speech laws equally apply to such cartoons? Unfortunately, you are too biased and are only able to talk when Muslims react. Muslims should take all insults and shut up in the name of freedom of expression. Since when did freedom of expression become freedom of insulting and making fun of others?

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