all_i_want
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- Dec 3, 2004
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oh this is all getting really ridiculous and pretty out of hand. i lay the blame both on the muslims who get so fired up cause of some stupid cartoons and the dickheads that blatantly draw these cartoons to provocate. this whole thing is really stupid doesnt anyone see that? if they really wanna punish denmark boycott itself is enough, attacking the embassy is just overkill.
so much for the responsible global press, too. my dad is a journalist, and what he always told me was that a journalist is responsible for every word he prints, thus should act that way.
you say people dont have a right to be offended, but this doesnt justify offending them on purpose. and there are many cases the law prohibits saying offending people, in many places in the developing world, for instance when it comes to the nazis or the holocaust. so, you should either remove all kinds of prohibitions regarding free speech, or protect everyone's 'right to be offended'. seeing the supposedly just and fair countries applying double standards to human rights, especially one as important as free speech, is disappointing to put it mildly.
so much for the responsible global press, too. my dad is a journalist, and what he always told me was that a journalist is responsible for every word he prints, thus should act that way.
you say people dont have a right to be offended, but this doesnt justify offending them on purpose. and there are many cases the law prohibits saying offending people, in many places in the developing world, for instance when it comes to the nazis or the holocaust. so, you should either remove all kinds of prohibitions regarding free speech, or protect everyone's 'right to be offended'. seeing the supposedly just and fair countries applying double standards to human rights, especially one as important as free speech, is disappointing to put it mildly.