Cartoons Cause Outrage- Again

[LazyGun]

A mini- storm has erupted, yet again, over a cartoon. This time it is an innocuous Jesus and Mo cartoon, worn on the T-shirts of 2 atheist studio guests debating religion on a BBC TV show. The BBC chose to censor the image of the T-shirts by pixillating them. Maajid Nawaz, also a guest on the show, an one-time islamic fundamentalist radical and now head of the Quilliam Foundation, was prompted to tweet that the image was innocuous and that God was greater than the outrage prompted by the image itself.

Cue hysterical muslim outrage, death threats - and a petition, organised by a muslim LibDem activist, to bar Nawaz from being the Lib-Dem PPC for Hampstead, which has, apparently, garnered 20,000 signatures, all presumably from outraged and offended UK muslims.

Then C4 get in the act, this time censoring the image of mohammed during their transmission.

Should we really be deferring to nonsensical religious sensibilities this way, by pro-actively censoring innocuous imagery that "might" cause offence to some?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/01/29/in-the-u-k-channel-4-news-program-covers-up-a-jesus-and-mo-drawing-with-a-black-blob-to-avoid-giving-offense/

For myself, I am irritated at the BBC and C4 for the self-censorship, and irritated at these activists lobbying against Nawaz.

[Khandro]

See prior jomifl, 22:44

[naomi24]

I saw that - but can't see any acknowledgement of the irony that Ludwig rightly says you're missing.

[jomifl]

There appear to be 2 elephants now..

[ludwig]

Yes Naomi, the principle of 'If something offends, why not leave it alone?' seemed to get left by the wayside when it was me claiming to be offended by something khandro said.
Instead I got slapped down with a tetchy 'Who do think you are?' for my pains. In fact it's perfectly reasonable reponse, and one I deserved - which is of course the whole point.

[Khandro]

Missed the irony first time, but saw ludwig took my response on the chin like the gentleman he is, and excused me.
So at the last count it might be three "or am I missing something?". :-)

[naomi24]

Yes ... I really think you are.

[Khandro]

4 now,it's getting kinda crowded in here.

[naomi24]

I think we're still on the first two.