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  Artists and bravery

The "Clareification" controversy

The Muhammed cartoons affair

The threat of violence

The limits of what I will do


Criticising and satirising religions

In the politically-correct world, the doctrines of Christianity can be freely criticised and ridiculed - which is fantastic, and a hard-won freedom that cost the lives of many atheist and freethinking martyrs.

But you can't do the same to Islam. Leftists will call you a "racist" if you try to criticise any religion other than Christianity.



Whitewashing of Islamic history



Artists and bravery

Artists are almost all cowards. They almost never do anything genuinely brave and daring. Insulting Christianity, Judaism, America, Britain, Israel, capitalism, zionism and neo-conservatism is safe, risk-free, and likely to win praise from your peers and money from grant bodies. If artists were genuinely brave and daring, they would insult and criticise people for whom there is some element of risk attached - for example, Islam, Scientology, the Nation of Islam, cults, organised criminals, western terrorists, living dictators, and third-world revolutionaries such as the Palestinians.

Artistic attacks on Islam and Islamism



The "Clareification" controversy, Cambridge, Feb 2007



The cover of the banned issue of "Clareification".





Some of the banned issue.
Intelligent, witty satire, poking fun at the touchy, aggressive, violent, sanctimonious, hypocritical Islamic street, which bombs churches, executes nuns, and cuts the head and limbs off priests in protest at suggestions that Islam is violent.
Such satire is badly needed in these times of dour, humourless religious fanatics.
If this material is banned at Cambridge, then Cambridge is no longer a free university.
If this material is banned in Britain, then Britain is no longer a free country.




The Muhammed cartoons affair, Denmark


How to find the Muhammed cartoons:



The "Muhammed cartoons" riots and killing


Follow-ups



The limits of what I will do

The Muhammed cartoons were also briefly here.

The stream of semi-literate death threats he got from violent Muslims explains, I hope, why my blog has some barriers, such as:

  1. No comments facility.
  2. No email.
  3. I will not do any media appearances or personal appearances (yes I have been asked).
  4. I would not host something like the cartoons myself (though I admire those who do).
  5. I do not ever directly criticise the Koran or Muhammed myself. I may link to people who do, but I never do myself.
Simply put, I want the freedom to say what I think, but I do not want to engage with violent people. I do not want to attract the attention of the violent, emotional, illiterate savages like the ones in the comments above. The violent threats above confirm for me the wisdom of the choices I have made.



"The college is now arranging a meeting for next term to discuss the problem of maintaining free speech while avoiding offence."
- Clare College, Cambridge, 16 Apr 2007, after disciplining a student for criticising Islam, show they have no idea what "free speech" actually means.



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