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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Huh?   Flag burning is legal.  People propose all kinds of nutty laws, but it didn't pass.  
You keep conflating people speaking out about things they find offensive with people killing because they're offended.  Pretty dishonest. [/quote]

Flag burning is legal because enough democrats block these laws from being passed.  I believe it failed in the Senate as recently as 2006.  [/quote]

Right, so the legislative process worked in a democracy. What's your point? And even if it had passed, there would've been a constitutional challenge and it would've been overturned.[/quote]

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