kactuz… unfortunately, you may be correct. And there are others who have & are issuing warnings that unless we stand up & say, “being offended is not a crime,” &
“religious laws are not acceptable in our societies,” we could end up in open confrontations to restore the freedoms our free nations are built on!
If offending were a crime, the world would have a case against any who physically attack them &/or kill, injure, maim, or destroy property, just because they “think” we oppress them.
If Muslims want to discuss & deal with being offended, then perhaps they should file suit against their own native government leaders who have so oppressed & denied their own citizens freedoms to prosper, freedoms to think, worship, talk, & all of the freedoms to be free.
If anyone can legitimately claim they have been offended, I suggest it is women in many Muslim nations. Honor killings, group &/or gang rapes, prohibiting driving &/or leaving the home w/o the permission of a male, forced covering clothing (in incredibly heat oppressive conditions) because some men say they cannot or more accurately, will not, control their basic urges, plus whippings, & other seriously oppressive laws & attitudes which legally permit males to openly subjugate women as inferior beings, are about as offensive as offending gets!
Cartoons are child’s play. What is done to women or people of other faiths in predominantly Muslim nations, is seriously offensive business!
How about depicting Christians & Jews in deplorable contexts? How about doing so in schools as part of a supposed educational curricula?
Human rights begins with respecting others as much as you expect them to respect you! Running to courts or other legal systems designed to suppress the freedoms of others to pacify your feelings, is also offensive.
One man said, “I am offended others are offended!” Go figure that one!
Americans & Canadians have the right to express themselves so long as they are not doing physical harm to others. Cartoons & words that take exception with Islam & its teachings, are expressions of free people.
