I've seen TLOB three times but, whilst Jesus only appeared twice in it, isn't the entire film a p!sstake on JC anyway???Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I've only see a few of the cartoons and didn't find them exceptionally offensive but then I'm not a Muslim TBF but can see that they would be offended.
But, where do we draw the line??? The German bloke from Die Weldt said that it was traditional (?) for this kind of satire to be used in Western society about anything - religion etc. Ditto the Danish folks interviewed.
Again, so what if Islam (or any religion for that matter) is being taken the p!ss out of. This is what happens in Western Europe.
Again, PS - and apologies for harping on about the horrible Ireland I remember - but if you had lived through "traditional Ireland " of the late 50s, 60s and 70s maybe you might think different. Not trying to be confrontational here but I always worry when satire is confronted - we all know what the next step is. Look at the brouhaha in the US about the cartoon on Rumsfeldt. If the fundementalists everywhere had their way, all satire would be censored.
For centuries, satire has been a way to confront orthodoxies and deny them total power. It's as vital to a free society as water, food, a good education and all the other elements we take for granted.
Where does one draw the line between satire and offensivesness? I don't know.
Help me out here.
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