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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This week's coverror of CH, coming out on Wednesday.  Mohammed says "everything is forgiven."

[img]http://md1.libe.com/photo/707188-une-charlie-fond-noir.jpg?modified_at=1421099306&ratio_x=03&ratio_y=02&width=900[/img][/quote]I like it.[/quote]

This cover is no worse or better than the American sculpture "Piss Christ."  It is the same as burning or desecrating the American flag.

THESE ARE PROTECTED FORMS OF FREE SPEACH.

And burning a Koran is likewise protected.  You are free to disagree -WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF OUR LAWS. Get over it or get going. [/quote]

Gee, wasn't there a conservative uproar over "piss Christ"?  I believe the artist was attacked by Jesse Helms, received death threats, and vandals tried to destroy his work.  I believe it was actually broken by vandals abroad at one point, and conservatives demanded that Barack Obama denounce the exhibit.  It hardly seems like conservatives "got over" that.

And I believe that conservatives frequently put up Flag Burning amendments in Congress.  So much for free speech on that one.[/quote]

Piss Christ is a much older art work than Barack Obama. People have been mocking Christians for decades, I mean centuries. I should know--I am a Christian.  And Christ would say turn the other cheek. Please do not confuse the barbarity of the medieval church structure with the message of Christ: redemption and love. This is a tenet in many faiths, and a sustaining one.

be honest. if you had to choose between 1)  publicly burning the US flag or expose your "piss Christ" work of art on , or 2) publish a "piss Mohamed" cartoon or publicly expose a "piss Mohamed" statue, which one would you choose?

be honest and don't say neither because I respect everybody and so on.  (hint: you would likely choose the first because be  "attacked" by Jesse Helms is preferable than be attacked by an AK-47)
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