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Originally Posted by Azure
I think its a ridiculous idea that the two would even go together. Printing the comics is called "freedom of speech" or "freedom of the media" something all free countries should treasure. If we're going to suddenly ban our media from printing something that might offend some nutcase Mullahs, why don't we ban Hollywood from making movies that offend Christianity?
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You can't use the "freedom of speech" argument here. Whenever you start using the "rights" argument, you start running into the problem of whose rights are being comprimised and at what cost?
We do ban speech a lot in Western society. This is why we have things such as libel and slander. Sure, you can go ahead and slander a group of people, but then their rights are being comprimised to upheld your right of speech.
There is a fine line between freedom of speech and hate crimes. Regardless of how I feel about the comics being printed, the reality is it was a pretty big deal in Denmark and it wasn't the most tactical thing for the Canadian periodicals to print them especially with our involvement in Afghanistan.
I have noticed a slight incline in Canadian attacks and casualties lately. I am not saying they are a direct result of the comics, but who am I to say that they have absolutely nothing to do with it? The difference perhaps between banning the comics and censoring Hollywood is that in the West, there is (or there is supposed to be) a clear seperation of church and state. Whereas in the near East, Islam, which incorporates church and the state together, is the leading ideology.
You are suggesting that the West makes policy based entirely on Christianity, which it does not. A more appropriate comparision would be Hollywood making a movie that opposed democracy - which I think we can both agree, is not going to happen anytime soon.