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"The contents are certainly disrespectful to the religious sentiments and faith and seem to be intended to outrage the feelings of religious people whether Hind

by Zirro 15y ago

"The contents are certainly disrespectful to the religious sentiments and faith and seem to be intended to outrage the feelings of religious people whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian." I say: So what? As long as it does not promote hurting people, or people are forced to watch it, it shouldn't matter. There are tons of things said on the Internet, attacking which companies people like, for example. This can hurt a lot as well, I know that first-hand. The important thing is, I still chose to consume the hater-content. Removing something just because it risks offending someone would harm free speech, no matter how much it hurts me personally.

jk 15y ago
"I say: So what? As long as it does not promote hurting people, or people are forced to watch it, it shouldn't matter." It matters a lot in India. To understand the real problem, you have to understand the social problems in India (and Asia to some extent). Even though literacy rate is increasing, religious fanaticism is not decreasing. It is very common to find highly educated people talking bad about religions they don't believe in. A small post derogating some religion is sufficient for silly extremist groups and crappy media (the news website ibnlive is a good example) to make a big issue. Extremist groups bash these posts to give themselves publicity. For media, it is all about ratings and advertisement so they keep broadcasting news about such posts all day. Both these groups conveniently shut their eyes on the religious polarization caused by their actions. This hurts the society and it hurts the country economically. I also don't believe in hindering free speech. But when I see the social problems around me, I feel we will be better of with some regulations.
- pm90 15y ago
  Its always hard to protect free speech. But this requires creative solutions, and censorship is not one of them.
- fotoblur 15y ago
  Thats true, the media focuses too much on the infrequent cases. I'd assume that these posts constitute less than 0.01% of the posts on any of the aforementioned social networks, probably less, but then receive the most media attention. This kind of media behavior is a global problem however, and not particular to India.

by Zirro 15y ago

jk 15y ago

"I say: So what? As long as it does not promote hurting people, or people are forced to watch it, it shouldn't matter." It matters a lot in India. To understand the real problem, you have to understand the social problems in India (and Asia to some extent). Even though literacy rate is increasing, religious fanaticism is not decreasing. It is very common to find highly educated people talking bad about religions they don't believe in. A small post derogating some religion is sufficient for silly extremist groups and crappy media (the news website ibnlive is a good example) to make a big issue. Extremist groups bash these posts to give themselves publicity. For media, it is all about ratings and advertisement so they keep broadcasting news about such posts all day. Both these groups conveniently shut their eyes on the religious polarization caused by their actions. This hurts the society and it hurts the country economically. I also don't believe in hindering free speech. But when I see the social problems around me, I feel we will be better of with some regulations.

pm90 15y ago
Its always hard to protect free speech. But this requires creative solutions, and censorship is not one of them.
fotoblur 15y ago
Thats true, the media focuses too much on the infrequent cases. I'd assume that these posts constitute less than 0.01% of the posts on any of the aforementioned social networks, probably less, but then receive the most media attention. This kind of media behavior is a global problem however, and not particular to India.