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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Draw Mohammad day

Today was “Draw Mohammad day” on Facebook.
I am not participating.
I don’t really see what is gained by doing something solely to offend someone.
On the other hand, any “freedom of speech” worthy of
the name must include the right to offend, even gratuitously.
Posted by Unknown at 9:18 PM
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  1. TomMay 26, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    I agree that doing something solely to offend is not productive. Open question - Would building a mosque at ground zero fall in that category?

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  2. UnknownMay 26, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    Perhaps we will have an opportunity to see the much vaunted "overwhelming majority of peace loving Muslims" in action as they themselves demand that that not happen.

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  3. TomMay 27, 2010 at 7:10 AM

    In today's PC world do we really still have the right to offend? I am asking about de facto not de jure.

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  4. RobJune 9, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    I also did not participate, but not for any high-minded reason. First, I was a little preoccupied at the time. And second, I'm not very creative or clever.

    If I were as creative and clever as those whose submissions won reason.com's "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day" contest, I certainly would have participated. The dot-to-dot is trenchantly funny, as a good, constructive, and edifying political cartoon should be. See
    http://reason-contest.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

    (And yes, I know reason.com's milieu... It's read by Rush Limbaugh AND Christopher Hitchens, egad!)

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