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by Aeritai » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:40 pm
by Tranzoria » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:40 pm
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:The man asked students that identified with the Muslim faith to step outside knowing it would offend them to show such imagery, I don't feel any disharmony taking place.
Physically separating some kids from their class, does not feel like 'disharmony' to you?
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by Rusozak » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:41 pm
Albrenia wrote:Jesus. I hope the person or people who did it are caught and put away for the rest of their pathetic lives.
You don't get to kill someone for offending your religion.
by Resilient Acceleration » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:41 pm
The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:The man asked students that identified with the Muslim faith to step outside knowing it would offend them to show such imagery, I don't feel any disharmony taking place.
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by Picairn » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:42 pm
by Picairn » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:44 pm
Aeritai wrote:Yikes.... That's only going to paint a bad picture on the rest of the Muslim community in France. Though I have a feeling this thread is going to get heated once GHK shows up.
by Senkaku » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:46 pm
Aureumterra III wrote:Not much to add, was the teacher wrong in showing the pictures of Muhammad?
I have no words… it’s sad that the country of Napoleon and De Gaulle has come to this. France is the country that pioneered the concept of liberalism, religious freedom, and secularism, but radical Muslims seek to undermine the Republic’s values.
What’s even worse is that the usual suspects are defending this.
by Tranzoria » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:46 pm
Picairn wrote:Frankly, I don't understand why someone would go at such lengths to decapitate a person over a freaking picture. I would be angry if a person posts insulting pictures of my nation's founders, but not to the point where I would actually carry an axe, drive to his house, then decapitate him.
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by The Greater Ohio Valley » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:47 pm
Aureumterra III wrote:What’s even worse is that the usual suspects are defending this.
by Dolgo » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:47 pm
Resilient Acceleration wrote:Dolgo wrote:It's disrespectful to many Muslims to depict Muhammad in pictures. I don't really see why one would want to anyway, aside from intentionally provoking Muslims. I think it is irresponsible to do so, as it would very likely harm fragile relations with the Muslim community.
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As a preventive measure, France should take religious harmony very seriously and enact laws that make it illegal to promote religious disharmony (on either side), similar to what Singapore successfully does.
Vive la France!
That, however, would mean the alteration of the very foundation of the modern French nation. There's a reason why blasphemy against Christianity, etc. isn't punished in France. Religion, all religion, conform to the nation and not the other way around. I mean, if they want to do it, sure, but I don't think they will.
by Tranzoria » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:48 pm
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by Tranzoria » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:49 pm
Dolgo wrote:Resilient Acceleration wrote:
That, however, would mean the alteration of the very foundation of the modern French nation. There's a reason why blasphemy against Christianity, etc. isn't punished in France. Religion, all religion, conform to the nation and not the other way around. I mean, if they want to do it, sure, but I don't think they will.
But Singapore isn't that big or diverse. I think Number 1.
t's not the Government's fault, it's the Extremi-oh, wait scratch that you are right.
The way I see it, they've got three choices:
1. Continue with the status quo.
2. Change laws to protect religious harmony at the necessary cost of restricting freedom of expression, along with enacting the death penalty for murderers. This would please Muslims and even some Christians by prohibiting people from disparaging their religion publicly (including other religious groups). The death penalty would give the public a sense of justice for extremists who feel the aforementioned concessions are not enough and commit murder anyway.
3. Change laws to assimilate Muslims into the greater whole and or pass anti-Muslim laws that exclude them from French society.
The status quo is not working. 2 is pragmatic, but would require France to depart from its secular liberal norm. 3 might be popular, but will only inflame tensions even more. I'm guessing the first option will continue until the majority becomes impatient enough to elect a radical right-wing government to do the third option. The second option would be best in my opinion. Singapore maintains its religious harmony by using a similar strategy to 2.
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by Picairn » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:51 pm
Albrenia wrote:Likely the tiny element of leftists who are certifiably insane, and the large imaginary army the right wing always points to of rabid extremists.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:52 pm
Picairn wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Now I'm going to flame you in such a foul and personal way that it will make you literally cry. How could I even know those personal things about you? You won't just want me warned, you'll want my post removed. But if it's going to make you feel uncomfortable then don't open the spoiler:
F. You. For lying to me. I feel cheated out of a colorful insult. /heavy sarcasm mods pls don't descend on me thanks
by Dolgo » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:55 pm
Tranzoria wrote:Dolgo wrote:But Singapore isn't that big or diverse. I think Number 1.
t's not the Government's fault, it's the Extremi-oh, wait scratch that you are right.
The way I see it, they've got three choices:
1. Continue with the status quo.
2. Change laws to protect religious harmony at the necessary cost of restricting freedom of expression, along with enacting the death penalty for murderers. This would please Muslims and even some Christians by prohibiting people from disparaging their religion publicly (including other religious groups). The death penalty would give the public a sense of justice for extremists who feel the aforementioned concessions are not enough and commit murder anyway.
3. Change laws to assimilate Muslims into the greater whole and or pass anti-Muslim laws that exclude them from French society.
The status quo is not working. 2 is pragmatic, but would require France to depart from its secular liberal norm. 3 might be popular, but will only inflame tensions even more. I'm guessing the first option will continue until the majority becomes impatient enough to elect a radical right-wing government to do the third option. The second option would be best in my opinion. Singapore maintains its religious harmony by using a similar strategy to 2.
by Tranzoria » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:56 pm
Dolgo wrote:Tranzoria wrote:
Keep in mind the bolded was added by the above user as their reply to mine, I think they messed up the formatting. No big deal.
Just because Singapore is smaller (a city-state) does not mean their methods can be dismissed. They are still humans, and for their size, have a great deal of diversity. Actually more so than France.
(from Wikipedia)
Religions in Singapore:
33.2% Buddhism
18.8% Christianity
18.5% No religion
14.0% Islam
10.0% Taoism and
folk religion
5.0% Hinduism
0.6% other
Religions in France:
51% Christianity
—45% Catholicism
—6% Other Christian
40% No religion
5% Islam
3% Other
1% Undeclared
91% of French people are either secular or Christian.
Singapore has more than double the concentration of Muslims than France, despite this, they are one of the most harmonious societies in the world. It is not an accident, but rather because of deliberate social engineering by the government to maintain racial, ethnic, and religious harmony.
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by Albrenia » Sat Oct 17, 2020 9:58 pm
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:02 pm
Dolgo wrote:Resilient Acceleration wrote:
That, however, would mean the alteration of the very foundation of the modern French nation. There's a reason why blasphemy against Christianity, etc. isn't punished in France. Religion, all religion, conform to the nation and not the other way around. I mean, if they want to do it, sure, but I don't think they will.
The way I see it, they've got three choices:
1. Continue with the status quo.
2. Change laws to protect religious harmony at the necessary cost of restricting freedom of expression, along with enacting the death penalty for murderers. This would please Muslims and even some Christians by prohibiting people from disparaging their religion publicly (including other religious groups). The death penalty would give the public a sense of justice for extremists who feel the aforementioned concessions are not enough and commit murder anyway.
3. Change laws to assimilate Muslims into the greater whole and or pass anti-Muslim laws that exclude them from French society.
The status quo is not working. 2 is pragmatic, but would require France to depart from its secular liberal norm. 3 might be popular, but will only inflame tensions even more. I'm guessing the first option will continue until the majority becomes impatient enough to elect a radical right-wing government to do the third option. The second option would be best in my opinion. Singapore maintains its religious harmony by using a similar strategy to 2.
by Albrenia » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:06 pm
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:How about restricting on the basis of intent? The law is sufficient to determine the intent of speech, beyond a reasonable doubt. So just pass a law against "speech primarily intended to anger or offend" ... the Charlie Hebdo stuff probably wouldn't pass that bar, and some scenes in movies would be in trouble too ... and take some hints from what works for online platforms. No more trolling.
by Dolgo » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:16 pm
Albrenia wrote:Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:How about restricting on the basis of intent? The law is sufficient to determine the intent of speech, beyond a reasonable doubt. So just pass a law against "speech primarily intended to anger or offend" ... the Charlie Hebdo stuff probably wouldn't pass that bar, and some scenes in movies would be in trouble too ... and take some hints from what works for online platforms. No more trolling.
I really don't like the idea of restricting speech just to prevent offense. As much as I find the 'offense is taken not given' crowd to usually be a bunch of assholes wanting to be bigots, I'm also not one for punishing speech by law unless it's a direct threat.
It's on Muslims in this case to live with people printing pictures of their Prophet. People who do it just to offend them are generally assholes, and it's fine to call them out for that.
by Kowani » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:22 pm
by Albrenia » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:35 pm
Dolgo wrote:Albrenia wrote:
I really don't like the idea of restricting speech just to prevent offense. As much as I find the 'offense is taken not given' crowd to usually be a bunch of assholes wanting to be bigots, I'm also not one for punishing speech by law unless it's a direct threat.
It's on Muslims in this case to live with people printing pictures of their Prophet. People who do it just to offend them are generally assholes, and it's fine to call them out for that.
In a perfect world, people would chillax and have a sense of humour, but we don't live in a perfect world. We live in a world with a great deal of religious diversity. Some of which includes religious extremists. Unless you're going to exclude it from France (hard to do without excluding a bunch of people who are not extremists), the nation must adapt. If it doesn't, then it must accept the state of disharmony as a consequence for permitting laissez faire communication on religious topics.
You can't have your cake (have the freedom) and eat it (have the harmony) too. Unfortunate as it is, that is the reality. Like I said, either you accept the status quo, enact restrictions on speech to ensure religious harmony, or exclude Muslims from French society. Neither option is ideal, but the second is the least worst. You can have order, at the very small price (in my view) of not publishing in the media egregiously offensive material that harms religious harmony.
Singapore faced severe rioting in its early past, the only way the government put a stop to that was restricting how people can communicate to one another. There is no other way.
by Sarderia » Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:36 pm
Resilient Acceleration wrote:The Giant Space Wyrm wrote:The man asked students that identified with the Muslim faith to step outside knowing it would offend them to show such imagery, I don't feel any disharmony taking place.
Riight? This is paralel to years ago when I'm still in middle school. When the religion teacher was going to teach about why Islam's account of Jesus is right while the Christians' is wrong, she kindly asked the Christians in the room to leave, which they did, and that's that. It was her duty to teach us the materials, yet disharmony is also taken care of.
For the issue to rotate among thr Islamists and eventually triggered the terrorist to act is astounding.
Overall, this attack is just the symptom of a larger problem. Say 2% of the Muslim population in France is radical (which is very generous, considering the recent survey here in Indonesia where 10-15% of the population wants the secular government to be overthrown and replaced by a caliphate, even though we're a secular country whose secularism was enforced by a military dictatorship for 30 years through various anti-Islamist policies). That's still 100.000 out of 5 million. Serious efforts must be made to neutralize this problem.
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