kinda amazing how few people writing in this thread understand what free speech even means. its a right that is written into demcratic constitutions to prevent governments from restricting it.
there is no free speech. Speech has a cost. When i put pictures of myself drunk & stupid on facebook, & i cant get a job, my speech had a cost.
Yes. anyone can insult muslims, jews, christians. but you need to use your brain. insult a jew in texas, nothing will happen. insult a jew in the west bank, you might get shot. insult a black person on a college campus, nothing will happen. Insult one in compton, you might get shot.
the editors of charlie hebdo played with fire. They burned. none of that has anything to do with freedom to insult people, because there is no such freedom at all. insult someone, you might get your ass beat, you might get shot. thats the law of the jungle. Sorry that all the trappings of the first world cloud that fact.
none of this is to justify murder. people should not be killed over insults. But that is an idealistic thought & not a realistic one. in the real world, people die because
they cut their sons allowance by $200. insanity will never be purged from our world, sorry. Intelligent people use discretion who, where & when they insult. Duh.
