Freedom
of Expression is a Human Right, at least it was last time I checked. The
satirical tradition stretches back to Antiquity. In the West, all of us are in a sense
descendants of a secular European Enlightenment & have been beneficiaries of long
democratic struggle. For these reasons among others, we must not be intimidated by
intolerant followers of an irrational faith, who lack any sense of humour. To threaten
physical violence (beheading etc) in retaliation for a few
drawings is downright criminal. It's taking art criticism too far!
Here's one response to the current controversy:
PROPHET & LOSS ?
Mohammad's bloody
hopping mad
those inopportune cartoons
are bad
this justifies
all-out jihad
that pen of the Infidel
goddamn
might well prove sharper
& more cutting than
the deadly sword
of militant Islam
KAMIKAZE BARD
2010
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