We are expecting some major fallout from this starting tomorrow, the taliban is using it as an excuse (as always) to incite the people. I am all for free speech, but that doesn't stop some of it from being irresponsible.
I agree with you to an extent, my point was just purely on the irresponsiblity of the movie. While it is their right to produce such films, it had to be known that it would cause controversy. Much like a white man going into a predominatly african american neighborhood yelling racial slurs. It would be his right to do so, but he also knows that it is going to be met with adverse reactions. You can't suppress the speech that people want to say or express, but I can frown upon the fact that they are irresponsible for doing so.
Right, it is basically the same as how the embassies responded before the riots broke out and during. "We think it is real sh!tty how this guy expressed his opinions, and disagree with his approach... but that doesn't mean he can't say them"
Again, I do agree with you. But, from my limited experience on this earth, history is a damned fine teacher of what works and doesn't. Like Pastor Jones burning Qurans that led to riots and deaths. Ok, you do it once and make your point, see the consequences, others should know, going into their similar actions, that something like this is going to happen and let common sense prevail.
Again, I do agree with you. But, from my limited experience on this earth, history is a damned fine teacher of what works and doesn't. Like Pastor Jones burning Qurans that led to riots and deaths. Ok, you do it once and make your point, see the consequences, others should know, going into their similar actions, that something like this is going to happen and let common sense prevail.
Again, I do agree with you. But, from my limited experience on this earth, history is a damned fine teacher of what works and doesn't. Like Pastor Jones burning Qurans that led to riots and deaths. Ok, you do it once and make your point, see the consequences, others should know, going into their similar actions, that something like this is going to happen and let common sense prevail.
Amen brother.
But that is the real question. Do we stop people from being able to speak their minds just because radicals will use it as an excuse for violence? Where do we decide speech is worth the possibility of violence? Who gets to draw that line? Once you start censoring to prevent petty tyrants from using violence and terrorism, you are giving THEM the power. You can condemn the speech without silencing the speaker.
I am not saying he should be held accountable for his movie/actions, even with the loss of fine people, I am saying he should be held accountable for being an idiot knowing full-well the consequences his actions would bring. Say what you want to say, do what what you want, but also be able to answer for the results.
I am not saying he should be held accountable for his movie/actions, even with the loss of fine people, I am saying he should be held accountable for being an idiot knowing full-well the consequences his actions would bring. Say what you want to say, do what what you want, but also be able to answer for the results.
To go back to my football example, I found a group of radical numbnuts that will kill a puppy everytime someone says something bad about the Vikings. I prove it by killing one puppy. Should everyone be banned from badmouthing the Vikings because of my yahoos? If Jack says the vikings suck, did Jack kill the puppy?
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