Koran Burning and Freedom of Speech, Part II

[Jaboney]

@GuyInTaiwan

The man bought a book. He burnt it. That in no way justifies anyone killing anyone else and he is in no way responsible for that.

You’re barking up the wrong tree. I never suggested the murderers actions were justified.
I suggest he’s an irresponsible person.

[Tigerman]

@GuyInTaiwan

The man bought a book. He burnt it. That in no way justifies anyone killing anyone else and he is in no way responsible for that.

[quote=“Jaboney”]You’re barking up the wrong tree. I never suggested the murderers actions were justified.
I suggest he’s an irresponsible person.[/quote]

It he’s not responsible, how can he be irresponsible?

[Jaboney]

@Tigerman

[quote=“GuyInTaiwan”]The man bought a book. He burnt it. That in no way justifies anyone killing anyone else and he is in no way responsible for that.

[quote=“Jaboney”]You’re barking up the wrong tree. I never suggested the murderers actions were justified.
I suggest he’s an irresponsible person.[/quote]

It he’s not responsible, how can he be irresponsible? [/quote]An irresponsible man might have a few too many brewskis and leave a secret company prototype behind in a bar. He’s not criminally responsible when someone else scoops it up and sells it illegally – but he might be well-advised to go into a new line of work.

[Charlie_Jack]

There’s an interesting National Review piece by Nina Shea on attempts in the UN to get anti-blasphemy measures passed. The piece is not about that preacher, but I think it’s relevant to the subject of this thread.

Here are the first few lines:

A long-term campaign by the U.N.’s large Muslim bloc to impose worldwide blasphemy strictures — like those in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran — was given a quiet burial last week in the Human Rights Council, the U.N.’s main human-rights body.

The piece then gives a brief history of efforts to pass such a measure.

Here’s an interesting chunk near the end:

The coup de grâce for the resolution was the murder this month of Pakistan’s renowned minister of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, because he opposed his own country’s blasphemy laws. His murder followed that of Punjab governor Salman Taseer and the death sentence given for blasphemy to a Christian mother of five whom Taseer had defended. It was now impossible for even the Human Rights Council to ignore the disgrace of the blasphemy laws of Pakistan — the main sponsor of its blasphemy resolutions all these years.

Here’s the piece, if you want to check it out: nationalreview.com/articles/ … hea?page=1

[tempogain]

Pakistani lecturer sentenced to death for blasphemy: insulted the Prophet and...