Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
WHEN WE GET THE NEW SOFTWARE THERE WILL BE AN IGNORE BUTTON. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE NEED. IMPOSING AN AGE LIMIT IS NOT THE ANSWER. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID ON HERE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO POST IN ANY TOPIC THREAD. YES, CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE CAUSED TROUBLE IN PARTICULAR THEADS, AND WE'VE WANTED THOSE PEOPLE BANNED FROM THEM. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. DEAL WITH IT.
*sigh* you're probably right. I'm sorry for letting these people get under skin, but I have. Its a character flaw of mine.
Why should they be the ones who have to learn tolerance? Shouldn't we also be tolerant of others' beliefs? Tolerance doesn't really work unless everyone is tolerant, and these cartoons don't go very far towards showing tolerance and respect for Islam. Besides, free speech isn't really free and never has been. Those cartoons, in another light, could be viewed as hate speech, and in cases where our free speech causes harm to another's culture, I feel it should be limited.
WHEN WE GET THE NEW SOFTWARE THERE WILL BE AN IGNORE BUTTON. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE NEED. IMPOSING AN AGE LIMIT IS NOT THE ANSWER. WE'VE ALWAYS SAID ON HERE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO POST IN ANY TOPIC THREAD. YES, CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE CAUSED TROUBLE IN PARTICULAR THEADS, AND WE'VE WANTED THOSE PEOPLE BANNED FROM THEM. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. DEAL WITH IT.
*sigh* you're probably right. I'm sorry for letting these people get under skin, but I have. Its a character flaw of mine.
Originally posted by: sybeman
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Because anyone taking such actions as killing people and destroying property over someone's opinion do not understand the concept of tolerance. You have a point. No matter the religion, I find it pathetic that people would react so violently and irrationally over someone's opinion. If that person who wrote the comic wants to put down a religious leader, I say, more power to them!
Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Because anyone taking such actions as killing people and destroying property over someone's opinion do not understand the concept of tolerance. You have a point. No matter the religion, I find it pathetic that people would react so violently and irrationally over someone's opinion. If that person who wrote the comic wants to put down a religious leader, I say, more power to them!
Why should they be the ones who have to learn tolerance? Shouldn't we also be tolerant of others' beliefs? Tolerance doesn't really work unless everyone is tolerant, and these cartoons don't go very far towards showing tolerance and respect for Islam. Besides, free speech isn't really free and never has been. Those cartoons, in another light, could be viewed as hate speech, and in cases where our free speech causes harm to another's culture, I feel it should be limited.
I agree, we should all learn tolerance. But insulting one's religous belief does not justify murder or other acts of violence. I doubt any god worth worshipping would want people to kill other people or commit other acts of violence towards those people just because they insulted him/her. But I still think that it is a disgrace for the papers to print the cartoons. Yes, they do and should have the right to print them, but that doesn't mean they should print them. I hope no paper in the U.S.A. decides to print them.
I pity humanity for not advancing beyond this kind of problem.