Re: [chchskeptics] draw muhammad day
| From: | Isaac Freeman |
| Sent on: | Friday, May 14, 2010 3:51 PM |
On 14/05/2010, at 2:34 PM, Paul King wrote:
One benefit I suppose is the potential for desensitisation - if enough
people do something and for long enough, it becomes normalised - so
maintaining outrage gets harder - a sort of grudging tolerance is achieved
over generations.
I think this would be the case if the cartoons were being created incidentally to some other agenda. If people are creating cartoons just to assert their right to do so, I think it's more likely to sensitise than desensitise.
I think the most viable long term approach for promoting freedom is via
stealth & technology - pose no obvious immediate threat to the power of
nasty political & religious regimes, encourage loosening of grip on media &
especially the internet (though economic rewards for example) , and let time
& the natural curiosity & rebelliousness of youth do the rest....
Agreed. I think this is also the best way to guarantee that the freedom being promoted is genuine, and not just the agenda of people with opposing views. One of the most positive things to happen in the Muslim world in recent years has been the emergence of Al Jazeera as an independent broadcaster. It's done a lot of work exposing corruption and tyranny, and nobody can pretend that it's controlled by Americans like Al Arabiya.
Isaac Freeman
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