re: #144 Patricia Kayden

I see nothing wrong with anti-Mohammed cartoons. Or anti-Jesus cartoons. Or anti-Vishnu cartoons. That even shouldn’t have been canceled in a secular democracy. Religious folk have to be able to tolerate those who disagree, mock and criticize their beliefs.

I remember the brouhaha over “The Last Temptation of Christ” movie because it was allegedly blasphemous. Somehow Christians survived that. Muslims who live in Western democracies need to understand that their religion is not above opposition.

For the most part I agree; everyone needs to accept that their group, religion or whatever may be mocked at some point in time and that violence is an unacceptable response to it.

However, the idea of having a contest to generate a competitive motivation to depict a faith as mean spiritedly as possible is reprehensible. Perhaps it should not be illegal but whoever is behind it should be publicly lambasted for their imbecility and hatefulness. If they have a business it should be boycotted. They should be ejected from restaurants. People should point and laugh at them in the streets.