Draw Muhammad Day

Actually the point is to send a message that those of us who choose not to participate in a particular belief system are not subject to its dictates.

Poor analogy. You are conflating parental authority with moral indignation--while the parent has authority over the teenager, some blissed-out thugs in a mud hut thousands of miles away have no authority over me or any of my fellow citizens.

But beyond that, we have a First Amendment for a reason--specifically so we can be free to express ourselves without fear of reprisal. I'd like to suggest it's worth fighting for.

 

You made an assertion, followed by an unrelated statement. Yes, please do try again to make a coherent rebuttal.

 

I already have and you can't dispute it. Muslims don't normally go around disobeying their own rules; so yours doesn't make sense.

 

And it's true; you can't think of a proper reply. Argue the point, don't dismiss it.

 

Well, to be consistent you should kill a Muslim.

 

I did and do dispute it.

Get back to me when you want to reply to the whole of the quote you tried to trim for your red herring.

 

Somehow I fail to see how a death threat constitutes a "request done with honor."

 

So we should acquiesce to the fanatics? I'm not sure I want to live in a society that rolls over for any thug who has an axe to grind. Pun intended.

 

Oh, right right right, my bad.

Okay, I reiterate. If anyone draws anything related to christianity I'll kill a muslim.

And maybe a nun.

And a priest.

And an innocent bystander.

Do not blaspheme my beliefs, I will blow people up if you draw anything about christianity.

 

Being a rebel, for rebel's sake is rather petty. We know you don't have to do anything you don't want to; that's an understood observation, no point to make the obvious 'more obvious'.

Authority? The child, for all intents and purposes, is eligible for emancipation. No one's taking away your right, they're making a request that most people honor with dignity.

 

No, all he has to do is claim that his brand of Christianity strictly forbids the depictions and to prove that he is devout, heads will roll--literally--if anyone dares to be such an infidel by depicting Jesus.

 

Freedom also comes with responsibility..

 

Because the majority of the billion+ Muslims aren't making death threats.

 

I like it. A Muslim and a nun--sends a nice mixed message that the pundits at Fox and MSNBC will be (*)(*)(*)(*)ting themselves over!

 

Second Council of Nicaea comes to mind.

 

No, because then he wouldn't have a noted religion. All of Islam agrees that with the premise this thread is based on. None of Christianity would agree with the poster, he has no congregation.

 

Reckless endangerment is a real charge..

Freedom means you are an adult and responsible.

How is NOT insulting what others hold sacred 'rolling over for thugs"?

 

In order to be a rebel, there must be authority--the towel-headed thugs in mud huts have none. This is not an act of rebellion, but of defiance--telling the murderous zealots to go (*)(*)(*)(*) themselves.

Again, a death threat is hardly a request.

 

That's a two-way street, by the way.

 

Very well stated.

 

The topic of this thread is specifically the death threats made to a Seattle artist who drew a picture.

 

Indeed. I understand that some Christians take idolatry very seriously.

 

Ah, I see so it must be a noted religion. What other requirements are there? What if the Christian in question could get enough people to agree with him? How many would he need, in your opinion, to make his belief noted enough to justify murder?

 

The death threat was made by a select few; but in the meanwhile you anger hundreds of millions. I don't get the reasoning.

One who made a death threat, a billion that would be offended; sounds just about right.

 

It'd have to be enough to sway the innate desires of controversy; by law of massed conscious.. This is too easy.