you may not know of this image. It's the logo of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. They got in a whole heap of trouble for publishing cartoons in 2005. The recent beheading of a teacher in France makes my mind go back to this. The very posting of this logo makes my mind go to the thought that have I induced ire in those were offended by publishing cartoons?
then there was the publication Charlie Hebdo that published cartoons that led to the deaths of 12 people and injuring 11 others by 2 brothers armed with rifles and many other weapons in 2015.
so the question I have maybe expanding upon the heading is the very act of doing this blog offensive? The risk of expressing one's self surely may involve the risk of offending someone. Every time I type a word, do I think of all the sets and sub sets of people I could possibly offend?
well the answer is no but a teacher being beheaded for displaying cartoons when discussing freedom of speech gives me some pause for introspection. Recently I spoke about a particular brand of cheese with a controversial name. Nobody commented but I sure got a shitload of emails.
but my main focus and point of reply was the insanity of all this. The name of a brand of cheese went all the way to the human rights commission for a ruling. A name that had it's origins as a derivation of a German surname. So if the original German name is used with it's correct spelling, it still sounds the same, but does that diffuse the offense?
so the question I have is that the press reported the parent of a pupil at the school who denounced the actions of the teacher. so someone throw me a bone here - Is anyone going to denounce the actions of a person who beheaded a teacher for the action of displaying cartoons? As a demonstration about freedom of speech?
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