Ape, not monkey » free speech http://www.apenotmonkey.com The Science vs. Religion Comic Strip. Updated Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rescinding The Blasphemy Law http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2010/10/20/rescinding-the-blasphemy-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rescinding-the-blasphemy-law http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2010/10/20/rescinding-the-blasphemy-law/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000 Jeffrey Weston http://www.apenotmonkey.com/2010/10/20/rescinding-the-blasphemy-law/ Comic

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The idea of burning books conjures up such ugly images of oppression and hate, but the environmentally friendly practice of turning paper to into pulp rarely leads to anger.

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As posted on Pharyngula, Swedish Cartoonist Lars Vilks was attacked during a University lecture. After this event, his website was hacked and firebombs were planted in his house.

David Frum points out that the crowd of spectators who outnumbered the protesters 10 to 1 remained passive during the protest, while the police were slow to respond to protect the speaker. This silence and lack of enforment from authorities is despressing.

Daily life in Sweden and other European countries is increasingly governed by an unwritten set of rules very different from the country’s formal law.

The formal law forbids assault and upholds free speech rights. The actual rules of the game, however, concede that certain assaults and certain violations of free speech rights may proceed with impunity. Police arrested two men for disrupting the Vilks event; both were released without charge.

I do think silence is what allows these kind of pre-enlightenment mentality to continue.

It

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Update: Hooray! I

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Take the example of cartoonists Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who had death threats leveled against them for depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed in South Park (in a bear suit no less).

The Prophet Mohammed

When asked to comment, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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