re: #278 suchislife

I’m not sure being offended because you feel someone pissed all over your faith (I’m atheist, I get it everyday!) is the same as being shaken in your convictions.
BTW, I’m very much in favor of free speech. I also like to see religion satirized. I think it’s good for a religious (or any) community to be mocked every now and then. But, one should then be ok with other people mocking your faith right back at you. And that icon doesn’t mock Islam. Spitting on something is not mocking. Pissing on it even less. It’s also no critique.

You will forgive me if I do not accept your sanctimonious pronouncement of the limits of political satire. The cartoon in question is a satirical comment on the lack of respect for other religions which even mainstream Muslims suffer from. It is indeed “mocking” their intolerance right back at them. That’s what it means to me.