Offensive behaviour
Isn't it horrible, all the scary consequences that have risen from a few drawings in a Danish newspaper? I guess it is true what they say, the cliché, a picture can say more than a 1000 words.
I understand that those drawings offended many people. A beloved prophet wearing a bomb as a hat, implying he is a terrorist, that the religion sprung from him is terroristic, and that all worshipping the religion are terrorists. I now realise that also, the mere act of drawing the prophet is offensive, bomb or not. But as non-worshipper of religion, it should be noted I am by no means prohibited to draw any prophet. I can respect any religion without necessarily obeying its set rules. For any individual, it is impossible to follow all the rules of all religions, to make sure you respect every single other person. An individual can only live after his/her own rules, and not try to obviously offend people, like putting bombs on other people's brilliant role models. I understand people demonstrating, looking for an excuse for the bomb.
However, I can't understand the minds of people using methods of terror (burning flags, houses, killing/hurting eachother) to demonstrate how they aren't terrorists and deserve an excuse for others implying they are. But these people are of course only a minority. Other people offended by bomb drawings (than those showing it through acts of terror) do deserve an excuse. By the drawer, and maybe also by the editor in chief of that newspaper, but not by Denmark as such. That this happened in Denmark does not say that this is the fault of Denmark. There are other people in Denmark (and the rest of Europe), many other people, that do not draw bombs on prophets' heads. Other people that now instead get offended by their embassies get burned down and their flag is being burned for reasons they have absolutely no part in. Why start a childish spiral of continued offensive behaviour? And why, why, offend all survivors and non-survivors, and relatives of survivors and non-survivors of the horrific holocaust, by now announcing a drawing contest for the best holocaust illustration? Why bring in danish people in general and the holocaust into the discussion, could it get more randomly offensive?
posted by Sister Sweden @ 17:37
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8 Comments:
Arlen, are you there? I have looked at the "24" Season 1 box now, it is only 299 SEK, like 25 USD or so. Not too expensive, but as I am broke now I am going to wait until next paycheck to order it! But on the 25th I will order it instantly. Thanks so much for the tip, I will let you know how I like it! Maybe I should take a week off or so when the box arrives?
SS, Pop the popcorn, open the Coca Cola, and have some little chocolate thingies by your side (to counter the salt) because you'll not want to miss a minute!
And the best part is that you can watch as many episodes, back to back, commercial free, as you can stand!
And if your satisfaction is not met, I'll send you a refund!
Gave a GREAT day!
Arlen
Regarding your post, I totally understand being offended. What I don't understand is the reaction to being offended. Each individual has their own personal choise as to what they do. We may not always be able to control our circumstances or situations, but we do have the power to control our own personal attitudes and reactions toward those circumstances.
I can respect religions, but I can also disagree with them. Scientology is a religion, but I basically disagree with most of its core beliefs.
What affects me about Islam is how little tolerance they have for anyone who doesn't believe like they do....
I want to order the 24-box NOW!! I am so excited about it. And I need something else to look at than the pouring snow/rain we have outside at the moment. Pouring down on a couple of inches of snow/water/dirt-slush! But it would be so stupid for me to buy it now, because then I wouldn't be able to afford food and such for the rest of the month. Hmm, but still... I have both popcorn, salt, and chocolate at home. And if I order it before 4pm (5 more hours to go) it will arrive in my mailbox tomorrow!! Tempting...but I shouldn't...
And about the blog,
It annoys me to when people are looking for tolerance for their beliefs, but can't tolerate themselves. I hope only a minor of islamic people actually do behave like that.
Maybe it is like that with people in general with very strong beliefs, reduced tolerance to how others can believe in something else. But again, I hope only a minor of religious people have such strong beliefs that they can't see that others might not believe in the same thing, and that this is still ok.
But maybe, I am just naïve as usual.
By the way Arlen,
I don't like Coca Cola. Weird right? But I have other bubbling soft drinks I can substitute it with. Is that ok still? And what happens if I need to go to the toilet after all that drinking, will I dare? Will I be able to press 'pause'? And if I need to sleep? Will I be able to turn it off?
SS, I actually prefer root beer myself, but everyone in my family drinks Coke. Perrier is good also! I hope that I haven't overshot the excitement factor, but I really think you'll have fun!
Don't worry about overshooting my excitement, I am pretty good at it myself too. And I will not hold you responsible and send you a bill for the box-price if it turns out to be shit (which is very unlikely anyway).
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