Well, a newspaper at the University of Oregon re-printed those “outrageous” Mohammed cartoons. In tediously predictable response, another student newspaper printed an edtion containing 12 offensive Jesus cartoons. To show all of us Christians how other people feel, when, you know: Someone makes fun of them.
Because we certainly wouldn’t know anything about that.
This is so absurdly self-defeating as to almost deny parody. I mean, sure, there will be some outraged Christians, but it’s just about a dead solid lock that they won’t go a-rioting in the streets, or burn down anyone’s embassies and I’m pretty sure no one is going to have to die over it. If you call this kind of thing “courageous” then you’ve got to find a new superlative for the paper that actually took some risks with the “respect our traditions (put another way: allow us to define which of your actions are impermissibly offensive) or we’ll cut your head off” set.
Because the rest of us were schooled in “turn the other cheek / te obsolvo” school of thought, however imperfectly.
Need a new word for “infantile” now. That one’s all used up.
Ah, yes, my wonderful alma mater, where courage is defined by the constant justification and protection of those who believe… nothing.
Eugene, OR, the home of UofO, is best seen at 55mph and accelerating.
I would say 70mph. But I live there, so I am biased.
At least the Muslim cartoons made a political statement, and none depicted Mohommed in a sexually provocative position at all.
I’m a big fan of political cartoons. I laugh when our President says thinks like “nucaler” and “fool me once, shame, umn… well, you know” type of stuff. I laugh at cartoons that depict the Pope doing funny stuff, like the crazy popemobile. I do not laugh at pointless jibberish like a crucified Jesus with an erection.
Offensive? Yeah, but only because I’d have the same reaction to ANY cartoon showing a crucified man with an erection. Funny? Nope. Worthy of a riot or beheading? Not in a million years.