Posted by: krishna January 13, 2015
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i understand that the incident could have been avoided by CH, but the magazine was being lauded by Muslims for defending them after 9/11 attacks. It's the hypocrisy that baffles me.
By the way, the only limitation on freedom of speech in any democracy is that you cannot infringe on that of others freedom to not read write or listen to whatever you have to say. If the paper published cartoons which you don't like, fine, don't buy the paper, don't read it, that is anyone's freedom but killing is no one's definition in a democratic society. You just cannot put rules on what to say and what not to say because then it will be open ended and some "Group" will come and say you cannot say this, and some other group will come and say you cannot do that and it will just be a total mess of a free people's right to express themselves.
I understand the sentiments of Muslims, and even I sympathize with them on this matter, but one needs to understand that it's okay to be disgusted, because that is your right, it's okay to say "je ne suis pas Charlie" because that is their freedom. But to kill? That is hitting right in to people's generational culture for expressing themselves and being free to do that and that is not acceptable at all.
i understand that the incident could have been avoided by CH, but the magazine was being lauded by Muslims for defending them after 9/11 attacks. It's the hypocrisy that baffles me.
By the way, the only limitation on freedom of speech in any democracy is that you cannot infringe on that of others freedom to not read write or listen to whatever you have to say. If the paper published cartoons which you don't like, fine, don't buy the paper, don't read it, that is anyone's freedom but killing is no one's definition in a democratic society. You just cannot put rules on what to say and what not to say because then it will be open ended and some "Group" will come and say you cannot say this, and some other group will come and say you cannot do that and it will just be a total mess of a free people's right to express themselves.
I understand the sentiments of Muslims, and even I sympathize with them on this matter, but one needs to understand that it's okay to be disgusted, because that is your right, it's okay to say "je ne suis pas Charlie" because that is their freedom. But to kill? That is hitting right in to people's generational culture for expressing themselves and being free to do that and that is not acceptable at all.