tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post7265041278917927866..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: What Are We Defending?K T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-64287982433102381382015-01-09T06:59:04.379-08:002015-01-09T06:59:04.379-08:00Hebdo didn't cower (see NYT, AP, yahoo) to ter...Hebdo didn't cower (see NYT, AP, yahoo) to terrorism over his right to publish whatever he wanted. <br /><br />As with any offensive material, be it "art" or empty shock value for page clicks, you don't have to look.<br /><br />The people that killed Hebdo don't want people to have that choice.<br /><br />I think it's important his work is reproduced. If it wasn't, it would send a message to these savages that they can use such means to suppress certain freedoms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-51385133993415414932015-01-08T13:52:46.838-08:002015-01-08T13:52:46.838-08:00I'll be the last person to carry water for eit...I'll be the last person to carry water for either <i>Charlie Hebdo's</i> badly-drawn prophet cartoons or Andre Serrano's pointless "Piss Christ". Both are examples of the gutterization of contemporary "art-as-speech", perhaps most clearly illustrated by artists who <a href="http://www.heaven666.org/menstrual-art-15987.php" rel="nofollow">choose menstrual blood</a> as a medium. This sort of talentless attention-seeking has been sought and ridiculed since Duchamp's "Fountain" scandalized the New York art world.<br /><br />What is more relevant here was perfectly captured by Muslim imam Anjem Choudary's commentary in <i>USA Today</i>:<br /><i>[T]he potential consequences of insulting the Messenger Muhammad are known to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.</i><br /><br />One cannot utter a clearer warning than that: paraphrased, Choudary warns "If you insult our religion, we will kill you."<br /><br />In my opinion, the Crusaders got it right the first time.Trigger Warninghttp://triggerwarnings.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-17291829912336124782015-01-08T13:49:30.239-08:002015-01-08T13:49:30.239-08:00Sorry, I fat fingered the above comment. It is all...Sorry, I fat fingered the above comment. It is all mine, and The Curator bears no responsibility for its contents.<br />--- <a href="http://triggerwarnings.net/" rel="nofollow">Trigger Warnings</a>Trigger Warninghttp://triggerwarnings.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-50820923659411861592015-01-08T13:47:14.453-08:002015-01-08T13:47:14.453-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Curatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997582263722367702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-25650741237841169582015-01-08T10:22:09.402-08:002015-01-08T10:22:09.402-08:00There, I changed the wording. Hopefully that's...There, I changed the wording. Hopefully that's better.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-90480212594402172512015-01-08T10:19:12.414-08:002015-01-08T10:19:12.414-08:00By the way, Tim, I didn't think you or Foxie w...By the way, Tim, I didn't think you or Foxie were defending the sleazy Mohammed pictures, I was just restating my position in a different way. I did it in a clumsy way which made it seem like you were.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-74354747118491585532015-01-08T10:17:56.353-08:002015-01-08T10:17:56.353-08:00Do you think I have time to read and understand th...Do you think I have time to read and understand things before I leap for the keyboard? You must be mad! I'm a blogger, man, not a sane, rational human being!<br /><br />;-)K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-16187664508945292892015-01-08T09:31:52.319-08:002015-01-08T09:31:52.319-08:00Well, if I were to say, "why are you in favor...Well, if I were to say, "why are you in favor of letting murderers shoot whoever offends them?" I would be misrepresenting your position just about as much as you are misrepresenting mine. <br /><br />If you go back and read what I actually said, you will note that I never even suggested that I thought publishing purile anti-islamic crap in retaliation was a good idea. In fact, I don't disagree with you as much as you seem to think. I just don't think brushing it off with a "they deserved it" is useful or helpful. <br /><br />The point is that we don't want to give the terrorists what they want[1]. The problem is making sure that what we think they want, is what they actually want. <br /><br />[1] "Once you start paying the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane."tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com