Boot_WB wrote
My post was actually referring to metalman's reply, or rather the website he linked to as being 'funny'
SATIRE: Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity; used to convey insults or scorn; A literary or artistic work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
There is no requirement that satire be funny, its a bonus when it is.
Boot_WB wrote
Unfortunately creedism seems to be en vogue at the moment as a means of differentiating between the 'civilised benevolent good nice folks who use deodorant' (us) and the 'barbarian hordes who fire guns in the air and smell bad' (them).
its to differentate between those who encourages violence while quoting religious verses, riot over cartoon satires, and kill apostates and those who understand in a free society you are tolerant, you don't resort to violence when your beliefs are ridiculed, and people are free to accept, reject or ridicule any religion (including $cientology).
Boot_WB wrote
In the case of the purple dinosaur I'm all for that. God I hate that thing...
So many jihad's, so little time
Boot_WB wrote
Not trying to - perhaps you may learn to show some wisdom and restraint though when choosing what to caricature? Does a person in a dynamite factory defend his right to play with matches?
Your argument becomes equivalent to:
Artists should show wisdom and restraint and only caricature icons of religions with civilised members. Islam must not be caricatured, to avoid violence, because muslims pray in dynamite factories.
