Saturday, February 04, 2006

Freedom of Speech...

I understand why they are upset. But...I'm going to go with Free Speech on this one. I can't imagine the number of times Christ has probably been caricatured in a cartoon (undoubtedly in an unfavorable way). But they have a right to do so. And of course, those offended have a right to publicly denounce it. But...I'm not a fan of legislation preventing it. It's the beginning of the end. You outlaw hate speak, and then you've got to define what that is. And of course it will get broader and broader until you have freedom of speech...unless it might potentially offend someone. In which case...you really have no freedom of speech...because there are too many over-sensitive people. Not that the Muslims are. I'm talking about in general. Someone's always going to be offended.

5 comments:

amy said...

lol...this post confused me. but I did leave u & chris a comment under your "successful dating" post. :-)

NOW SWITCH TO XANGA!

Zach and Ann said...

You saw that there was a corresponding article right? I like the post title to be a link to it, but I'm not always sure it's obvious that there is an article that goes with it.

Zach and Ann said...

Not the kind of free speech I'm talking about

amy said...

oh...I see that now.

is that spirit of the disciplines book good? Willard is my new favorite christian author

Zach and Ann said...

I know I got through several chapters a long time ago. But since picking it back up, I only reread the first 10 pages or so. And I mean, I like the first couple of pages. But I don't feel confident giving a full review of the book if I can't remember anything past the first couple of pages. But I'll keep you posted.