Hi,

There is no sense in anybody leaving Skeptics in the Pub over this.

Skeptics in the Pub is a collection of individuals who have come  
together to promote skepticism, fight pseudoscience, and have fun  
together.

Some of us are religious, some are not, some like being provocative,  
and some do not.

People who want to draw Mohammed (PBUH) on Draw Mohammed Day will do  
so. This shouldn't be considered to be an "official" SitP activity.

I'm probably not going, nobody has to. Those who want to go can, and  
I'm guessing that they would do so irrespective of their involvement  
in SitP.

It is good to know that a group like SitP exists. We need it to exist.  
Society needs more rational, skeptical people who are willing to band  
together to achieve things together. But SitP is a group of people  
and, because of this, it is nothing without its members; it would be a  
shame to see anybody leave over Draw Mohammed Day. That doesn't seem  
to be a worthy sword to fall on.

May you all have a fantastic month, whether or not you are drawing  
Mohammed.

In love and skepticism,
Iain.


On 14/05/2010, at 2:20 PM, Lanktree Davies wrote:

> The right to free speech is the corner stone of our society.  It does
> not extend to shouting "FIRE" in a theatre.  Nor does it extend to  
> being
> deliberatively provocative to any section of our society.
>
> So, I will not join this demonstration (draw Muhammad day) which I
> consider very provocative.
>
> I see the demonstration as being no part of Skeptics organisation nor
> Skeptics in the Pub.
>
> If the demonstration does proceed, I will most certainly leave  
> Skeptics
> in the Pub.
>
> On the other hand, I will vigorously defend our right to discuss the
> demonstration.
>
> Lanktree Davies
>
> aleph_naught wrote:
>> Yeah, I'm with Isaac, I don't really see the benefit to this.
>>
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