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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The fight over the Food and Drug Administration's new e-cigarette regulation has begun.
E-cig users seem deeply concerned about this.
edited 13th May '16 6:21:55 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
That's because that's what it was. I mean they weren't really trying to hide that fact.
[OBLIGATORY MENTION THAT THEY DON'T DESERVE TO BE DIE FOR THAT.]
edited 13th May '16 7:00:34 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.I guess one could use it to prove a point, the speech equivalent of a freedom of navigation op. Next time one of these dam "blasphemy attacks happens I'm going to draw some crude stick figure, call him Mohamed and post him on my Facebook. I am not kidding.
Mind you the people behind this contest had far less noble motives, as I recall they were some sort of far right group.
I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.As someone who works there, I actually asked about that kind of thing. (Not the event specifically, mind you.) Apparently there's legal issues barring the building from showing bias about who rents the space out, so even if the guys in charge didn't want that particular event they kind of had tied hands. And there was a whole issue with how renting it out makes it count as "private property" at a later event held by Muslims (Some kind of conference about Islam and the guest speaker had some sort of alleged crime in his past).
Which means we had to deal with right wing protesters showing up in the early hours of the morning who wanted to set up, buy parking, and being very confused when my supervisor asked if they were against physical fitness. He thought that was hilarious. (There was a fitness event that I worked parking for, we weren't sticking around for the later event.) It wasn't fun leaving that place, as I stupidly ended up going straight through the crowd because I couldn't figure out where the street went the other way.
I have to side with the right of people to draw - and yes, parody and mock - Mohammed. The right of a parodist or satirist to freedom of speech trumps the right of religious individuals to not have their faith mocked or criticized. Those who want to stop that through violence should be dealt with.
While in this case the contest was simply someone being a dick, being a dick is, in fact, not a crime.
Blasphemy is not a crime.
Joe Arpaio, 'America's toughest sheriff,' found in contempt of court in racial profiling case.
edited 13th May '16 8:33:11 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.It'd be like walking up to a Christian and literally taking a shit on a picture of Jesus.
edited 13th May '16 8:38:16 PM by Antiteilchen
People are allowed to insult others. Otherwise Reddit and Youtube comments would be taken down.
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I'd argue that you probably shouldn't sue, either.
As for drawing Mohamed: You have a right to do it, thanks to the 1st amendment. I also have a right to point out that it's a relatively good indicator of d-baggery.
IIRC, though, the trick to drawing Islam's prophet is simply to throw a veil over his face.
Leviticus 19:34

Yeah, the complaints are rare and loud enough that those who are complaining should be looked at closely.