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[Occhidiangela]

Ken, this may open a can of worms, but I am tired of hearing how sensitive I am asked to be to someone's religion, without limit, without any tempering of my context. I get the sense that the Danish feel similarly on that, and I admire their stand of "our house, our rules, we don't accept censorship from superstitious Semites." (More on this below.) **

It's worth noting, Occhi, that *any* depection of Muhammed is strictly taboo. [right][snapback]100991[/snapback][/right]

For a Muslim. It matters not what others who subscribe to other faiths do. The Danish in question are not Muslims in belief nor faith, so they are not bound by Muslim taboo.

1. To draw something is not to worship it. Two different verbs. The Commandment is not to woship a graven image, which is not a prohibition against drawing. Those who worship statues (the Cult of Selena here in Corpus Christi is a typical example) have to deal with that.

2. According to a Muslim, the paintings on the Cistine Chapel are a sacrilege. Well, screw them. Muslims are free to construct their mosques and decorate them by their building codes, for their habits, and are free to butt out of other people's habits who are not members of their religion.

3. There is no requirement to respect anyone else's religion. It is best to try to understand them, and where practical to tolerate them, but I don't respect snake worshipers. Nor do I respect the shrill and intolerant Muslims in this debate, since their purpose is secular, not spiritual, and since their proponency on this matter is to force others to accept their religious taboo.

That is no quid pro quo, it is an attempt at bullying and extortion.

** The more on this feature is: should democracy be evangelized? Should it be forced at the point of the bayonet, or should it be grown from the ground up? I am of the opinion that the former method does not result in a democracy, the latter does.

Occhi