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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.

And just exactly where were rights being restricted?

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 really don't care where it was a big deal. Its a freakin' comic. If people get so worked up over a comic, yet they at the same time can slander the Western World in worse ways we can imagine, someone has a serious problem. And anyone that would think that the Western World should suck up to a bunch of freedom-haters, has even a bigger problem. Especially those that make the assumption that printing the comics will affect our troops 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.

Maybe the increase would have something to do with Canada taking a more leading role? The West has certain freedoms; if Hollywood can make a movie bashing Christians and the Catholic Church, the local comic section can print comics that "insult" the Islam world.

Nice of you to only notice one side of the story.

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.

I never said the West is based on Christianity. We are based on freedom, something we should treasure and also fight to uphold.