What Can't Be Funny? Muhammed, apparently.

A large group on Facebook proposed for people to participate in the "Draw Muhammad Day", around the same time South Park's recent two part episode (200-201) addressed the conservative and sacred view the Muslim people associate with the prophet. Because of this, both parties received a heavy amount of backlash from Muslim activists and just plain ol' angry Muslims, who are avid on keeping the great prophet unmentioned and faceless. It ended up effecting Muslim people the most with Pakistan banning Facebook all together from their residents. Although this is nowhere near the first time South Park has sparked people's displeasure from all over, this is one issue that seems to be never-ending. It's obviously a very different culture in places such as Pakistan compared to Western Europe and North America, so I can understand the kind of shock that these devotes must have felt. But, don't you think it's without merit? I know that you're not supposed to seek the image of Muhammad as a MUSLIM, but we also have a very different culture and a first amendment that grants us the right to speak our opinion on anything. OKay, I know it's crossing the line if your holding pro-Nazi meetings and maliciously belittling a certain group, but I still think a person should be able to say, "I don't think the Holocaust was such a bad thing" freely, even if the majority of us disagree. And there are some opinions a person can have that seem to be obviously wrong to us, but isn't that the start of something? Believe it or not, most people don't really consider things before they make an opinion, and even if they do they are not capable of fully looking at it from different perspectives because of a number of things. They could have a narrow view due to their upbringing, or they could simply just not be intelligent enough to process a clearer view, and who's to help them realize that if they are banned from even bringing it up? What I mean is, religions like the Muslim religions were established hundreds of years ago and definitely DO NOT apply to the modern ways of life, not matter how you spin it. Religions are always contradictory and all their messages are muddled. Some people look at the story of Abraham as a test of faith, some just see a very unreasonable and cruel God, and some see the entire Bible as a old age bedtime book to scare kids into obeying their parents in a world where the average person didn't even know where the sun went at night or that the world was not flat. We've all been to highschool and had to study Shakespeare, which is a perfect example of grotesque over-analysing. Who's to say that the Muslims aren't being too analytical and stubborn? And is it wrong for me to question that? These are the same people who come to our countries and tell us to build them purely Muslim schools and let them go to school with knifes on them. Religion is a huge part of nearly every country in the world, and I understand your country is very hardcore Muslim, but do you not remember that we were established as being just as hardcore CHRISTIANS? So, how is it not insulting to us that you're coming to our Christian country and telling people they can't wish you a Merry Christmas because it's against YOUR way. Yes, we should be accommodating and people shouldn't have to suffer to come and live here but....you are coming to live HERE. If you want your life to consist of all the same practices and traditions that are considered criminal here than, DON'T COME!! If it's a matter of safety or security that you must move to another country, you should recognize that you are now under different rule and you should accept that fact. You HAVE to accept that fact or you shoudn't be able to come at all. Never would I go to a country like Pakistan and start spitting on their shrines wearing a strapless Army print dress. You just DON'T do that! I dunno about most people but, I'd be studying my little ass off about the customs and shit before I went to a foreign country, so do we not deserve the same consideration? Just cause we won't shoot you on the spot, doesn't mean our laws should be less respected. And you know what, I AM offended when I see woman wearing head scarfs and Burkas, because it is a direct stab at every woman and every right that we CIVILIZED woman fought for. There is no other reason behind that garb other than the fact that their men use it to dominate them. No, we worked hard to be free, we went though many wars and we have many rebel hero's in our history and they are basically coming over with this 'fuck it' attitude. Alot of them come here and don't even learn English, and just live in neighborhoods where they are surrounded with only people from their country. Once again, why even come? So, you know what, we WILL address Muhammad, and if you haven't noticed, never do we discredit him, or mock him, but simply question him. And what a lot of the Muslims don't realize is, they are the ones making it so much of a bigger deal that now, because of their stupid reaction, EVERYONE is forced to address it EVEN MORE. Exactly the thing they're supposedly working against. So now, they've raised a huge interest in Muhammad and what you can and can't do, that now I think we will NEVER stop talking of him and drawing pictures of him until it's okay. Because you know how us humans deal with something banned from us; we work extra EXTRA hard at being able to do what we're constantly told we can't. So, for all you MEN who are using violent threats towards us free-thinkers for forming an opinion on you're over-exaggerated issue, good job, and GOOD LUCK! (not.)