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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
Well the rape itself wasn't so much my point, so much as the idea of being upset by an image. And nobody said these people were rational 
Just saying that if the only purpose for drawing this image is to get a rise out of people, is it really worth it? Just because we can doesn't mean we should. |
The purpose is defiance of an infringement on Freedom of Expression and Religion.
Death threats have been made, and peolpe are standing up and saying they will not be affected by these threats.
Yes it may result in in a "rise" but it also might result in a much needed change in attitude. Quite frankly if someone is so irrational that a cartoon convinces them to kill someone, they were probably going to do it anyway. They just would've found some other excuse.
Blamming the "draw Mohammed" crowd for any potential ensuing violence is like blamming a woman who was raped because she didn't dress conservatively enough. In both cases 100% of the blame lies at the feet of the purpotrators of the act of violence.