Shorter stevenlmeyer: if you're not ridiculing Islam or offending Muslims, you must be "appeasing" them.

Pericles

I accept that you do not attack religions. That's fine. Until quite recently neither did I.

However Deveny proclaims her atheism to anyone who will listen. She attacks Christianity but, so far as I can tell, no other religion.This is what leads me to suspect she is appeasing non-Christian religions which includes Islam.

After all it's not as if there isn't a lot of really hilarious material there. When I first started rereading the koran and ahadith I concluded that Muhammad was really Muhammad Python, an earlier incarnation of Monty.

morganzola wrote:

>>Shorter stevenlmeyer: if you're not ridiculing Islam or offending Muslims, you must be "appeasing" them.>>

No

--If you procalaim your atheism to all and sundry

AND

--You publicly ridicule Christianity calling it a "croc of (expletive deleted)"

AND

--You refrain from attacking other major religions

THEN

It is reasonable to suspect that you are appeasing the religions you refrain from attacking.

At least it is worth asking the question.

Now Deveny takes quite a lot of her material from news about various Christian pastors. It's not as if there's a dearth of material about Imams.

Of course if she's interested I could supply her with a wealth of material about Judaism.

Now I mention Islam specifically because that is the religion that has been most aggressive about engaging in "lawfare" and in trying to get "defamation of religion" (blasphemy) laws on the statute books.

See:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/03/26/us-religion-defamation-idUSTRE52P60220090326

So that's where I perceive the main religious threat to freedom of speech eminating. There are, of course, plenty of non-religious attacks on freedom of speech.

I've yet to have anyone give me a coherent reason why Islam should not be subject to the same kinds of critique, analysis, attack, contempt, satire and scorn that all other belief systems are subject to. Perhaps you can surprise me.

My apologies Is Mise. I wasn't referring to Mahamed or Mahammed. I was referring to this when you wrote....... "I just wondet if the lady has the intestinal fortitude to tell Allah or Mohammad jokes."

What the heck is "wondet." Really Is Mise. Just trying to help!

Now what were you saying about fools and illiterates?

Aime,

What do you call a person who can't recognise a typo when they see one?

(hint: the "r' is adjacent to the "t")

>>Aime,

What do you call a person who can't recognise a typo when they see one?

(hint: the "r' is adjacent to the "t")>>

Ah mon ami, the little gray cells, they do not always function in people. :-)

Well, nothing like a little friendly banter amongst friends. At times some of you really need to lighten up a bit :-)

Pericles wrote.....
"If not, please re-phrase, this time with less obvious less fear-and-loathing."

Oh, great grievous bodily harm Pericles. What makes you think I'm in the camp of the fearful and loathing fraternity? If only you knew me, you'd know I was of artistic quality with love and understanding of everyone........ except religious fruitcakes of all persuasion!