User talk:Tranquileye
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Leave a message.[edit] CARTOONS OF MUHAMMED
Showing the figures of Mohammed is disturbing muslims. And it is a insult to Islam. In Islam making and also looking the figures of Mohammed is forbidden.That is raping the holy things of Islam.And it is not about "freedom".PLEASE get back your signature.Thanks.--Erdemsenol 00:49, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
- Understand that these cartoons are receiving support not because of their content, but because of the reaction against them. Do not equate this defence of freedom of speech with an actual insult to the Muslim faith. I for one could never imagine creating images that Muslims would find offensive or insulting. However, Western free speech traditions do not simply protect speech that we like, but speech that we might disagree with or find offensive. Wikipedia contains numerous images that many people find offensive, including depictions of ethnic and racial stereotypes. They may be disturbing, but I believe that an open society is stronger when it can deal with these difficult ideas in context and out in the open. Intimidation, death threats, violence, angry protests, boycotts and the like will only harden the resolve of many people in the West for whom freedom of speech is a hard-won, sacred right. --tranquileye 03:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
