Haha

Now let's do what the muslims did and riot and demand the head of the cartoonist.

Pfft.

How on earth can anyone be offended by a jew is beyond me.

I'd love to see the reaction of groups such as the ADL if this was a set of cartoons mocking, or critical of, Jews.

Old Abe Foxman would be calling for public apologies, the arrest and prosecution of the cartoonist, the shutting down of the publishers etc...etc...

It seems for many people in America that mocking Christianity is some kind of normal pastime.

I am Jewish and I do not advocate the mockery of Christianity or Islam. I often find such things as insensitive and ignorant.

I don't like to see anyone lumped into groups either. Such as the idea that Jews just go around trying to mock and offend Christians. That is silly.

There are obnoxious individuals in all faiths. No one is holier than thou. The loud and insensitive ones who make the news do not represent the faith as a whole. They are the equivalent of village idiots and every faith has them.

My point is I don't condone this mockery and I don't condone any faith being judged for the actions of the few.

[edit on 22/11/08 by MikeboydUS]

Originally posted by DJMessiah
Can you show me where I even mentioned genocide?

Honestly, I was trying to put across a slightly defensive viewpoint in a friendly way, but you don't need to say something to have your statement lead to a logical conclusion.

Originally posted by DJMessiahGone are the days of tolerance and being human.

I think you may not have considered the sweeping nature of this statement. I don't even know how you can misconstrue it as anything else, really.

"Gone are the days of being human"? Good grief man, we haven't descended into barbarism, it was just a few cartoons lampooning someone's belief in their invisible friend and their attitudes thereof.

Frankly if you are going to define yourself by which particular way you believe in your invisible friend, then I think you should need a pretty robust sense of humour.

Originally posted by DJMessiahTolerance means to coexist, not harrass or torment. If someone is poking fun at you, they're not tolerating you, they're trying to create a rift between you and them.

Originally posted by Dictionary.comtol⋅er⋅ance
   /ˈtɒlərəns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tol-er-uhns] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.
2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own.

It doesn't say that you can't laugh at someone you tolerate. It just means you let them do their own thing. In return, they must let you do your own thing. And my own thing, is laughing at people who hold Iron-Age belief systems up as fact.

I'm afraid the very concept of tolerance hoists one by their own petard, somewhat, as you must tolerate the intolerant otherwise you aren't tolerant yourself, and therefore have no moral ground upon which to stand and make judgement.

I am a Chritian, and yes it offends me. But unless it actually causes violence against Christian, I do not see why it should be stopped.

I do not have to buy nor see it, and it doesn't affect me really, so what have I got to complain about.

I am christian an I personally thought they were funny. The interesting thing about those cartoons is they speak the truth. That is how the majority of the evangelicals think. There have been countless cartoons about the Jews and the Muslims. So for anyone to be ticked off by this cartoons I will just say..........IT'S A FREAKING CARTOON! people are so uptight over the most innate things when they should really be wondering why these cartoons are depicting their particular group as such. Maybe the world would be a little nicer to one another if they learn to laugh at themselves a little more.