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> What is understandable about being offended when someone draws a picture of a person? It's a culture thing. Like.. why do some innocent (to us) gestures in J
by ErrantX 16y ago
> What is understandable about being offended when someone draws a picture of a person?
It's a culture thing. Like.. why do some innocent (to us) gestures in Japan cause offence? It appears inexplicable.
> What if I'm offended when you wear your hat backwards and threaten to kill you?
What if your whole street is made uncomfortable by me wearing my hat backwards - but don't want to kill me for it. Is me walking up and down the street for a day with my hat on backwards a particularly good way to denounce you?
I'd argue there are better ways; like exposing you to the wider world (obviously, the solution to extremism is a harder problem)
- tome 16y agoHmm, I don't see this as an attempt to expose muslim extremists to muslim moderates. I see it as an attempt for us as a liberal society to join in an affirmation of our principles. Perhaps others will be offended, but uniting as a society around our treasured values is more important. Bringing the moderate muslims into the fold can happen later, once we're sure that our fold actually exists and is what we think it is (tolerant and liberal).
- ErrantX 16y ago> Hmm, I don't see this as an attempt to expose muslim extremists to muslim moderates. Sorry, that was just an example of IMO a better way to react to your hypothetical extremism. It was a bad one but I was trying to avoid suggesting reporting you to the police (which was a worse one :P). i.e. it was a solution rather than a "show". In terms of a real solution to this problem.. well clearly the most sensible one is to ignore the majority of the threats (it avoids propagating fear and forces the extremists out of the limelight - one of their greatest weapons).