Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
I agree, religion is absurd, but it plays an important role in society.

However people choose to follow it and dedicate their life to it so those people are likely to get offended by certain things, which publicly humiliates their religion. Some people can see the funny side of a joke, some can't. However, the media will never ever report on how a group of Muslims laughed their tits off at the drawing of Mohammad's, or how a Muslim boy Sky +'d that episode of South Park to watch with all of his Muslim mates.

There are batshit crazy Christians out there and batshit crazy Jews. It's just how the world is. If we were fighting a war in a predominantly Jewish country, i guarantee we'd be reading about all of the crazy things certain Jews get up to. As it stands there's no public interest in 'Crazy Jew' stories. It wouldn't sell as well as a headline with the word 'Mulsim' in it.
Yes, it's not only the Muslims that go crazy, but in this particular instance it is about them. I agree, that there are loonies following all types of religions who make a bad name for themselves. I am sure there are a lot of peaceful Muslims that probably couldn't give a shit about this whole whole carry on and good on them too. This whole carry on is so silly to me. Banning You Tube and what have you, it's so extreme. I mean, can't people decide for themselves? Death threats are always liable to get in the news though no matter what the faith. Unfortunately when it comes to the Jews it usually concerns actual killings which are actually carried out by Israeli government orders.