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If you haven't watched Cromartie High yet, I highly suggest it. It's the Gurren Lagann of Comedy.
That's a pretty lofty title.
I've got to side with Aqizzar here. I'm all for free speech, but there are also natural logical consequences you must be ready to suffer. If you're going to roll in fresh chum and then go wade with sharks, don't fucking act outraged when the sharks bite.
I think a not dissimilar analogy is the "protest" movements of the last decade or so in the US, which are a weak, emo imitation of the movements of the '60s. I remember reading some interviews with some college freshman who were wailing that the police had cordoned them off into "free speech zones", and as a result, they hadn't had anything to eat in SIX HOURS! Despite supporting their cause, I felt an incredible urge to slap these silly bints into another time zone. People in Bangkok and Tehran are protesting despite the very real threat of being *killed*, and we've got whiners who feel it's a human rights violation because they didn't get their lunchtime noms.
If you're going to protest against the establishment, don't expect them to make it convenient for you.
If you're going to commit civil disobedience, don't be surprised when you get arrested.
If you're going to gay-bait people that you know are homophobic, don't be surprised when they beat the shit out of you.
I think one thing that maybe is being missed here is that this is not exclusive to conservative Muslims. There are plenty of places in the United States (even on college campuses) where this could have happened with an audience of white males.
I'm not saying that the reaction is a good one, or even that the perpetrators shouldn't be punished for it, but to say that it was totally unexpected is either to be incredibly naive or incredibly disingenuous.
I think a not dissimilar analogy is the "protest" movements of the last decade or so in the US, which are a weak, emo imitation of the movements of the '60s. I remember reading some interviews with some college freshman who were wailing that the police had cordoned them off into "free speech zones", and as a result, they hadn't had anything to eat in SIX HOURS! Despite supporting their cause, I felt an incredible urge to slap these silly bints into another time zone. People in Bangkok and Tehran are protesting despite the very real threat of being *killed*, and we've got whiners who feel it's a human rights violation because they didn't get their lunchtime noms.Trust me when I say that Lars is under the very real threat of getting killed, He's had at least five assassination attempts on him, and plenty of death threats. The scuffle outside the university was not one of these, some angry students broke his glasses, he didn't even get a bruise as far as I know.
I'm not saying that the reaction is a good one, or even that the perpetrators shouldn't be punished for it, but to say that it was totally unexpected is either to be incredibly naive or incredibly disingenuous.And what I'm saying is that you aren't saying he's wrong because of what he did. You're saying he's stupid because there are people out there who will kill him for what he did.
It's a step up from trying to twist the other individual's sentences because it could mean this.I just thought the word choice was relevant enough to note. I wasn't trying to twist your sentence, just pointing out that there may have been subtext in it.
Also, I can't help but notice how you said 'You can be Sentient, but not human.' In the context of discussing sentient gods, it's very interesting you would word it that way.
Keep trolling, it's a fun past time.
Because nothing bad or violent ever happened during the civil rights movement
I am always astounded by how poor some people's ability to use logic is.
Being Human and being Sentient is not the same thing.
This does not mean that a Human is not Sentient.
You can be Sentient but not Human.
And if sentience involves having an ego, which is more than likely, your point is entirely moot, creaca, as anything we do or believe is to "assuage our egos". So no, having a Creator says nothing about the ego of man.You misunderstand me Siquo, I don't debate that we're not trying to reinforce our Ego with anything we do or believe. Rather that because of that fact, we are led to believe that some greater version of ourselves was our creator.
It worked during the Civil Rights movement. I'm sure plenty of bigots found the idea of sharing public facilities and services with 'Niggers' offensive.He was attacked at a Swedish university. It's not like he was going to show the video at a mosque, or something like that, as some of the people here seem to be implying. If you cannot practice freedom of speech at an university in a country with one of the highest development indexes in the world, then where can you do it?
Somewhere other than a university in a country with one of the highest development indexes in the world? Because obviously you can't there.
That's what I'm saying. It is a violation of freedom of speech, yes, and that is bad. How does that change what happened? Are you going to stand in front of an enraged, murderous man and complain that you were allowed to show him something he'd find highly offensive because of freedom of speech and expect him to back down?
Deterrence seems to work to a degree, but unless Lars Vilks hires a shitload of mercenaries or Sweden gets a lot less neutral I don't see that help him directly. Violence will at least run the Terrorist groups to ground, giving everyone a breather, and hopefully making them 'Once Bitten, Twice Shy'.Peace through deterrence always seemed to work before. The threat of overhanging fiery oblivion always instills a bit more caution in someone.The "Solve violence with more violence" strategy eh?
It just feels more proactive then 'Solve Violence with more Ignore The Violence'.
The "Solve violence with more violence" strategy eh?
