Beta wrote:Although...I didnt see any firebombings or nun-murdering when a cartoon of Jesus is drawn though...
That's because Christianity doesn't condemn visual depictions of Jesus.
Wikipedia's Muhammad page wrote:Some Muslims believe that to prevent idolatry and shirk, or ascribing partners to Allah, visual depictions of Muhammad and other prophets of Islam should be prohibited.
The rest of the article is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet_Mo ... f_Muhammad
As for the topic of this thread, who thought that sketch would be a good idea? It doesn't take a genius to know that negative backlash would come from that. I understand that if you don't do the skit based on a fear of retaliation from the Muslim community, then you're sacrificing your freedom of speech just to appease one segment of the population. Whereas I do not believe that's how it should be, sometimes you just have to swallow your pride, use some common sense, and don't write stupid sketches that offend people that have a history of violent behavior towards those who satirize/mock their beliefs.
What do you think of this story?
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... 4G7UfaGy0Q
