IdleRich
IdleRich
I wondered what everyone else thought about all the fuss regarding this. It seems to be a classic instance of rights (freedom of speech) vs responsibility (not to offend) and shows the difficulty of reconciling liberalism with fundamentalism and vice versa, by which I mean saying "live and let live" won't do when the very act of living can mortally offend someone else.
It also seems strange that Islamic countries have demanded apologies from the leaders of Denmark, France etc when surely the nature of a free press means that these leaders have no jurisdiction over the papers. Or are they expected to apologise for having a free press?
Also interested in the fact that no British papers (as far as I'm aware) have published the pictures, is this due to reasonable desire not to offend or is it just fear?
Anyway, I'll stop rambling there but I would like to see what everyone else thinks?
It also seems strange that Islamic countries have demanded apologies from the leaders of Denmark, France etc when surely the nature of a free press means that these leaders have no jurisdiction over the papers. Or are they expected to apologise for having a free press?
Also interested in the fact that no British papers (as far as I'm aware) have published the pictures, is this due to reasonable desire not to offend or is it just fear?
Anyway, I'll stop rambling there but I would like to see what everyone else thinks?