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by sgift 4176 days ago
Of course they are offensive to some people. That's the point. Offend and ridicule views which are ridiculous.
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Fact of the matter is, they wouldn't publish offensive cartoons making fun of the Holocaust, Jews, Christians, 9/11 victims, women, etc., so it's not very surprising they won't publish these cartoons, either.

If you want to see offensive cartoons there are plenty of websites just a google search away.

It's funny how many stories are posted on HN about being sensitive to women/minorities/whatever, with comments full of people saying how open and accepting people need to be, then this comes up, and the dominant theme is "We need to publish offensive stuff everywhere, because fuck that group who's different than me."

> Fact of the matter is, they wouldn't publish offensive cartoons making fun of the Holocaust, Jews, Christians, 9/11 victims, women, etc., so it's not very surprising they won't publish these cartoons, either. Wrong - http://gawker.com/7-offensive-images-the-new-york-times-wasn...

It's funny how many stories are posted on HN about being sensitive to women/minorities/whatever, with comments full of people saying how open and accepting people need to be, then this comes up, and the dominant theme is "We need to publish offensive stuff everywhere, because fuck that group who's different than me." > No, fuck the group that uses terrorism to shut people up. It should be way more offensive to bow to the demands of the terrorists than to post some cartoons.

Does that apply to all views, or just those which you find ridiculous?
All of them. Go on, make a comic about some view I hold you think is ridiculous, maybe it spawns a good discussion.
Please would you email me a couple of pictures of your mother?

Let's test your free speech ideals.

Your Islamophobia is showing.
You mistake your own ignorance for my Islamophobia - Charlie Hebdo made many comics ridiculing politics, Catholicism (especially Catholicism) and religion as a whole.
These comics were mocking any form of extremism, and one could argue that extremism needs to be ridiculed.