[ QUOTE ] No one was arguing that these statements were civilized, they are just saying that it's part of freedom of speech. I understand what you're saying, and I'd love everyone to be more civilized. Unfortunately, it seems too many people these days are uncivilized. I think the point most people in this thread were…
Telling people they don't know anything about Islam is pretty ridiculous considering that nobody freaking follows it. For example, the whole concept of peace. I seem to recall that being in there somewhere. Oh, I think tolerance was in there too. Hahahahaha. Organized religion never ceases to amuse. Oh I'm sure there's…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Or example, the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan which has lead to thousands of civilian Muslims being killed [/ QUOTE ] I don't find the Iraq war particularly good thing, but from a muslim point of view you should be SO happy that Saddam doesn't butcher 75'000 muslims per year anymore. The numbers vary…
[ QUOTE ] Or example, the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan which has lead to thousands of civilian Muslims being killed [/ QUOTE ] I don't find the Iraq war particularly good thing, but from a muslim point of view you should be SO happy that Saddam doesn't butcher 75'000 muslims per year anymore. The numbers vary strongly…
What you say is only true for fraud, and even there the difference between fact and opinion is not a clear one. If the seller of a computer game says he thinks this game is great, then it's just an opinion. If a computer game company hires dozens of people who claim in many forums that a game is great (was posted in…
Freedom of speach has many limits, many of them can be found in criminal law. For example libel or defamation, in fact even fraud actually limits freedom of speach. I would be very careful though when it comes to religious liberty letting restrict freedom of speach myself. In this case, I don't even think religious liberty…
[ QUOTE ] EDIT: I was working on this post the same time Hawk posted so I didn't get a chance to read it yet. Thanks for the info, I am reading it now =) [/ QUOTE ] You have to understand it from this angle too m8. Many Muslims feel that the western world in hell bent on seeing the destruction of Muslims. That is their…
Hi all, firstly I am a Muslim and wish to put across my view point on this situation. Was the Danish newspaper company that published the caricatures exercising free speech? In my opinion, they were not. However, what it was an attempt at was to exercise the right to insult a group of people freely without the backlash of…