Islamic tolerance

Post by **TPRJones** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:55 pm

There's a big difference between what is wise and what should be prosecuted.

Is it wise to piss of Muslims by insulting the prophet? No. Should it be prosecuted? Fuck no. It should be applauded. Well, except when done by this asshole, damn him for making it hard to support insulting Islam. As bad as he makes the anti-Islam crowd look you'd think he was secretly a plant for the other team.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:18 pm

Pakistan puts $100k bounty on the filmmaker's head.

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One wonders if that $100k is directly from the money we pay them.

Also,

He called for legislation to have the anti-blasphemy law at the global level so that no one could hurt the religious emotions of the Muslims in the name of the freedom of expression.

He said the situation would remain tense until anti-blasphemy law was enacted at the world level.

Post by **TPRJones** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:16 am

Well, I guess things are going to remain tense forever, then, because Mohammad had herpes and a tiny penis and I will fight to the death for the right to say so!

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:07 pm

NYC has banned the act of insulting islam.

http://hotair.com/archive....iolence

New York City.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:00 pm

GORDON wrote:NYC has banned the act of insulting islam.

http://hotair.com/archive....iolence

New York City.

Any reputable court will destroy that. The current Supreme Court would.

Post by **TPRJones** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:21 pm

So, they won't sell ad space in the subway or on busses to anything they consider potentially offensive to the public. How is this new?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:46 pm

TPRJones wrote:So, they won't sell ad space in the subway or on busses to anything they consider potentially offensive to the public. How is this new?

Imagine if you were there the first time the Interstate Commerce clause was invoked to make federal authority supersede state. The author is claiming the use of the "fighting words" precedent will destroy the first amendment in the same way the other bullshit argument destroyed the tenth.

EDIT: He further claims to know this because of the similarity of language between the subway ordinance and Supreme Court ruling about words o' fightin'.

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Post by **TPRJones** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:52 am

I still don't see this as new. For years various metros have been telling people no to ads they thought might be offensive to some, even when they were pretty innocuous. Like all those atheist ads that keep being denied because government peeps don't want to piss off Christians by acknowledging that atheists even exist. Is this the first time for NYC in particular? Or is it because this is the first time it's been about Muslims instead of some other group?

Not saying it's not wrong or annoying, just that I'm pretty sure it's been general policy for awhile in lots of places. Applying it to a new group doesn't make it fundamentally different.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:36 am

Now in NYC you can neither have a huge glass of soda, nor can you call muhammad a pedophile. It's like it isn't even worth going to NYC any more.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:23 pm

GORDON wrote:Now in NYC you can neither have a huge glass of soda...

I get the feeling that's less about public health and more about some bribe money that got spread around. It only does that in certain establishments.

The limits will not apply to drinks sold in grocery stores, diet sodas, drinks that are more than 70-percent fruit juice, or that contain alcohol.

Dairy drinks containing more than 50 percent milk will also be allowed thanks to their redeeming nutritional qualities

Those are some seriously bullshit arbitrary exceptions. Those don't come cheap.

EDIT: The alcohol exception is particularly interesting as that's got about as much nutritional value as sugary beverages. Fruit juice is also goddamn near nothing but sugar (added or naturally occurring.

EDIT x2: I could easily say this is the low calorie drink sweetener, milk, and fruit juice folks tossing some cash the way of a few people and being like, "You know, we think we have a way to make New York healthier, and all you have to do is buy more of what we sell."

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