01-02-2010, 08:16 PM
Quote:What I found humorous was that this person avoided life threatening outrage by attacking mere Christianity this time. It highlights one of the differences between West notions of freedom of expression, and those from the Middle East.While actual assassinations and beatings are usually restricted to abortion doctors and overt homosexuals, rather than cartoonists, plenty of wacko Christians regularly threaten violence and death to those who attack their beliefs. Look at the kind of mail someone like P.Z. Myers or Markos Moulitsas gets from Christian fundamentalists. I don't think the "east/west" contrast is quite as stark as you imply. Fanatical vs. free, perhaps, but no religion is without its lunatic fringe.
-Jester