Europeans must stand up against intolerance

While I agree with what's said here, the American media needs to stop being hypocritical in telling Europe to "stand up against intolerance" while at the same time refusing to print the cartoons.

This sums it up for me about those that say we should not offend any religions.

The Vatican also got it wrong, saying on Saturday that "freedom cannot imply the right to offend" religious believers.

On the contrary, freedom must imply the right to offend religious believers - as well as the members of every other organization or group. Otherwise, we will have ceded our freedoms to the veto of the most intolerant among us. The intolerant in Europe and throughout the Muslim world are now trying to exercise such a veto. They must not be allowed to succeed.

If a religion and its Gods cannot stand up to ridicule and criticism, it must be a pretty weak religion and God.

By criticizing something the other side is forced to defend it and if they can't the world can see its weaknesses. That is what Muslims truly fear.

It is through criticism that things are changed for the better. The problem with Islam is that it does not allow for either and is therefore doomed to remain in the dark ages.
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