tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post1314415580620477407..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Islam is So Weak, It Must Be Protected by LawUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-63920383363932873352012-05-05T06:36:20.446-04:002012-05-05T06:36:20.446-04:00Airtolu:
I don't think the situations are rea...Airtolu:<br /><br />I don't think the situations are really parallel as you imply. In one case, it's the Muslim majority who are concerned with protecting their own beliefs by law. In the other, it's a country ravaged by war passing a law that it thinks protects a persecuted minority. <br /><br />I can only try to be relatively consistent in my own beliefs; I cannot be responsible for the well-meaning but wrongheaded impulses of others.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-35835175852681744592012-05-04T18:29:33.068-04:002012-05-04T18:29:33.068-04:00Your response, valid as it is, doesn't address...Your response, valid as it is, doesn't address the core of my question. Maybe because my question didn't really come with a question mark, but the question is implied.Aritolunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-76862185839638156862012-05-04T05:48:58.935-04:002012-05-04T05:48:58.935-04:00I'm not in favor of laws making it illegal to ...I'm not in favor of laws making it illegal to deny the Holocaust, for exactly the reason you state. I understand the motivation behind a law like that, but I don't think it is wise to make these kinds of exceptions to free speech.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-60785458778302916552012-05-04T01:32:35.381-04:002012-05-04T01:32:35.381-04:00Mind if I ask a devil's advocate kind of quest...Mind if I ask a devil's advocate kind of question? I want to make it clear that I complete agree with your feeling about Islam. I just wanted to see if you wanted to solidify your argument.<br /><br />In several countries, it is illegal to deny the Holocaust. Antisemites could word their opposition much as you did: "The Historicity of the Holocaust is So Weak, it Must be Protected by Law."<br />Now, just as you would say, "no, it must be protected by law (at least in the eyes of those who favor the law) for <i>other</i> reasons", a Muslim could retort: "and Islam must be protected by Law for <i>other</i> reasons."<br /><br />Note: I also want to make it clear that I don't deny the Holocaust whatsoever.Aritolunoreply@blogger.com