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Originally Posted by Fmeh  Heck, many people, occasionally myself included, go on a rankfest on organized religion in general. Should we have to pussyfoot around Islam? If so, is it because we're afraid we'll offend someone? If that's the case--why aren't we afraid of offending Christians? Is it because we're scared something bad could happen to us? Has it really gotten that bad? |
It's getting that bad in some places. I've defended moderate Islam on this forum before, but not the crazy stuff that so many religions have had at one time or another.
Ranking on religion, in and of itself, is not prejudice. This distinction doesn't seem to be making it across the cultural divide. I doubt Westerners like myself can grasp what a serious business insult is in some cultures, but I still don't think speech should be suppressed. Asking modern Westerners to give up free discourse is like asking us to give up our soul.