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Re: Mohamed cartoons.
Jambutty's joke made me smile. I'm a Christian but I wasn't offended by it. I used to find most of Dave Allen's jokes hilarious. The ones I didn't find all that funny were simply because they didn't tickle my funny bone. I wasn't offended by them.
The jokes against Christianity which I find upsetting are ones which make a mockery of Christ's suffering on the cross. I find them as hurtful as I would if someone made a joke about my daughter suffering when she was in Intensive Care at BRI. Even so, I wouldn't feel like I should attack those who make the jokes. I may request (in the case of a TV channel for instance) that they rethink the choice of humour but at the end of the day I do uphold other people's right to find their own level. I can choose not to watch, read, participate etc.
It's more of a loss to all of us when we can't poke fun at ourselves. As a Latter-day Saint I laugh at things like the cartoon which showed a wedding cake with one groom and several brides on the top layer and a speech bubble from one of the guests saying "I've never been to a Mormon wedding before." even though the plural marriages no longer take place and most men wouldn't want more than one wife anyway. The ability to laugh at ourselves sets us above those who can't do so in my opinion.
To "retaliate" with flag burnings and death threats is getting the whole thing WAY out of proportion. There are still laws in this country about blasphemy aren't there? And yet how many times have you ever known them used? It's because we have moved on from that. We are able to. It shows maturity.
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