Posted by: hurray January 9, 2015
Is religious tolerance and freedom of speech mutually exclusive?
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Thanks Ujl for your post. Always a pleasure to read what you have to say.

Ne0 "Does freedom of speech mean you can insult anyone?" YES. It means you can say whatever you want about whoever you want. But I understand your point. It does not mean "being responsible". In the case of Charlie Hebdo, it means the journalists were not being responsible for the safety of their lives knowing that they were provoking the crazies. But Charlie Hebdo is known for it. They were known for provoking.

At the same time, thank god we have people like them amongst u;, people who are not scared to push boundries, people who are ready to risk their lives for the principles of democracy.
Imagine in 1990, in Nepal, if someone had said to the protetors who were ptotesting against monarchy "be responsible, do not protest or else you will risk getting killed", we would not have had democracy. These days we are in serious lack of people who are ready to die for democratic principles.
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