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Yes, they knew it was offensive - to others. There is no indication that it actually offended them. Which, unless it did, it's not the same thing.
by brandonmenc 11y ago
Yes, they knew it was offensive - to others. There is no indication that it actually offended them. Which, unless it did, it's not the same thing.
- EugeneOZ 11y agoThey are caricaturists, nothing can offend them. You miss the point of their reasoning.
- Zikes 11y agoThat's not entirely fair, either. I'm sure there are plenty of things that would offend them, but they understand that just because something is offensive does not make it wrong.
- brandonmenc 11y ago> nothing can offend them Then they didn't die to protect speech they were offended by. I don't know how much clearer this can be.
- Zikes 11y agoSplitting hairs doesn't make them any easier to find.
- EugeneOZ 11y agoIt's not required to be offended personally by something to protect freedom of speech, I can understand how else I should say it. And if you don't want to understand it - Charlie Hebdo also published caricatures about christian religion, so it was offensive for them too, for their friends. Muslims just were more aggressive.
- makomk 11y agoSomeone actually got arrested and went to jail in France for an offensive parody of one of the equally offensive Charlie Hebdo covers: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/france-begins-jailing-people-ironic-comments https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/france-beg... (because it was insensitive to French people rather than Egyptians).