Current events and sweeping generalisations

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This and this have made me think. I have mixed feelings about the Danish cartoon fiasco. On the one hand, freedom of speech and criticism is so important. But then, surely to have a freedom requires responsibility, and so in this instance was it right to piss some people off on purpose? Especially the type of people with connections to extremists.

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[ghostsmut]

Personally, having any justice system based on religion is asking for trouble. But if we have a stupid Christian one then surely we need to cover those who do not follow those beliefs. Muslims are the second biggest religion in the UK so they should have more say than most.

On a similar but different note, I was enjoying the Sky News Readers views they screened the other day calling for corporal punishment to be brought back due to this. Yet the other day the same people had been kicking off about the Sharia Law thing. Surely chopping peoples hands off under Sharia Law goes "hand in hand" with corporal punishment so what are people getting all annoyed for? Fucking white people.

I also am confused by how those who call for these things to be brought back just think that they would be used as punishment for "murder" and "yobbish behaviour". Of course if we brought back corporate punishment being caught on a speed camera would mean getting stoned to death (hopefully) or at the very least the lash. Especially since they also seem to call for the Human Rights laws to be abolished so they'd be nothing anyone could do about it. Oh those poor decent hard-working middle class people. No one knows how good they have it right now. Cunts.