Comments on: Draw Mohammad Day – Retrospective http://www.staresattheworld.com/2010/05/draw-mohammad-day-retrospective/ Holding it together, one day at a time... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Free Speech & the Mohammed Cartoons | Faisal's Tobril http://www.staresattheworld.com/2010/05/draw-mohammad-day-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Free Speech & the Mohammed Cartoons | Faisal's Tobril Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:07:30 +0000 http://www.staresattheworld.com/?p=167#comment-94 [...] an entry over here which discusses [...] [...] an entry over here which discusses [...]

]]> By: Faisal http://www.staresattheworld.com/2010/05/draw-mohammad-day-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Faisal Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:59:30 +0000 http://www.staresattheworld.com/?p=167#comment-93 Maybe I'm not getting it... but I'd like to see pictures of Jesus and Moses done in a similar, quite juvenile in my opinion manner, and then I'll be convinced that this is actually about free speech and not, as it seems to me, confusing free speech with Islamo-phobia. <em>My buddy <a href="http://www.griffinwrites.com/" rel="nofollow">Griffin</a> started doing stand-up a while back, and one of his bits is a dark and offensive rant on Jesus - I won't spoil it, and I'm afraid he has yet to put up a video, but it's about as offensive as you can get. Moses I can't speak to, but if you do a google image search I'll bet you'll find something out there - Rule 34 being what it is. Granted there's a subset of folks involved in the "Draw Mohammad Day" who would fill their drawers if you insulted their own lord and saviour, but the vocal organizers of the movment - and South Park, who are at the epicentre of all of this - are equal opportunity teasers. Any group that says that their right to not be offended overcomes your right to free speech has it coming, as far as I'm concerned. And that includes all the groups I'm a part of.</em> Maybe I’m not getting it… but I’d like to see pictures of Jesus and Moses done in a similar, quite juvenile in my opinion manner, and then I’ll be convinced that this is actually about free speech and not, as it seems to me, confusing free speech with Islamo-phobia.

My buddy Griffin started doing stand-up a while back, and one of his bits is a dark and offensive rant on Jesus – I won’t spoil it, and I’m afraid he has yet to put up a video, but it’s about as offensive as you can get. Moses I can’t speak to, but if you do a google image search I’ll bet you’ll find something out there – Rule 34 being what it is.

Granted there’s a subset of folks involved in the “Draw Mohammad Day” who would fill their drawers if you insulted their own lord and saviour, but the vocal organizers of the movment – and South Park, who are at the epicentre of all of this – are equal opportunity teasers.

Any group that says that their right to not be offended overcomes your right to free speech has it coming, as far as I’m concerned. And that includes all the groups I’m a part of.

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