tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post1315952331999809063..comments2024-03-25T16:56:32.194+11:00Comments on GRPundit: If it were your mother's image that was defaced in public, wouldn't you be furious?benign0http://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post-11674611354650000422011-08-19T10:03:36.231+10:002011-08-19T10:03:36.231+10:00If i'm not smart enough like most of the RC ch...If i'm not smart enough like most of the RC church, I just might...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post-12044448727113054522011-08-18T19:08:11.753+10:002011-08-18T19:08:11.753+10:00Doubt I'd be furious. They defaced/vandalized ...Doubt I'd be furious. They defaced/vandalized a likeness, an image, a simulacrum. They did nothing to my mother. People who go amok when a piece of paper or rock or wood or what have you that bears their likeness is not treated as if it s/he himself, have to get over their egocentricity.erebusnyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988464368427565221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post-26650910893570622632011-08-17T23:01:54.627+10:002011-08-17T23:01:54.627+10:00Same excuses the nutjobs in the muslim nations cla...Same excuses the nutjobs in the muslim nations claimed when they were burning down the Danish embassies and the attacks on non-muslims. <br /><br />Depicting Mohammed is like attacking their mother. GOOD GODS!!Hellrakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423636323066333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post-57851033564299758942011-08-17T19:18:43.714+10:002011-08-17T19:18:43.714+10:00Unfortunately, the Catholic Taliban don't see ...Unfortunately, the Catholic Taliban don't see it that way. People who defer their thinking to an ideology or dogma that they consider to be EXEMPT from critical evaluation will always fail to grasp the essence and beauty of free inquiry.benign0https://www.blogger.com/profile/08022916216097762181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383321545489778875.post-61290743634202563492011-08-17T17:27:27.964+10:002011-08-17T17:27:27.964+10:00Yes, like with other dissidents you share the same...Yes, like with other dissidents you share the same privilege under the law to create "blasphemous" art of someone else's mother if that's the way you would like to express your opinion. <br /><br />To quote Voltaire, “I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”<br /><br />UN affirms the human right to blaspheme. There's a good reason why the UN came up with this resolution. More on this at http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4985/united_nations_affirms_the_human_right_to_blasphemeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com