Featured MSNBC: Falwell Suing Hustler same as Charlie Hebdo Massacare

Just a shame.

 

How exactly are they different? Both used a vulgar drawing to make fun of a religious figure.

If you go to the response there would be an obvious difference, one sued and lost the other went and murdered people but that happened after the fact.

Was the commentator saying the responses were the same? That would be idiotic, if that was the case.

 

MSNBC is struggling for relevancy. Another reason why I can't stand the 24 networks...all of them.

 

Falwell lost, 8-0 in the Supreme Court

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell

I'm not sure you can say the French cartoon wasn't aimed at anyone in particular, it was a caricature of Muhammad after all. Minor point really to the whole discussion as far as I'm concerned, destination without a difference.

 

Larry Flint is pure libertarian.

A slimeball, to be sure. A most depraved person, exploiting thousands and thousands of young women.

But he is a constitutional expert, and a warrior for it. Falwell did lose that case, I believe you are mistaken, ITL. Doesn't happen often.

Falwell wanted his name in the papers, again.

But the moral equivalency argument is preposterous.

 

"I prefer to die standing than living on my knees.”
Stéphane Charbonnier


Not often you get to look at a Frenchie-French for a liberty slogan, but in this day of absolute P.C.-absurdity, there sure not many American leaders who sound anything like that.

Bill Maher fired one out today you should read.

 

Pretty much agree with him (for once) except for the part where "all religions are stupid and we should insult them."[/QUOTE]

That's the world talking. The general vibe of the piece is correct.

 

Therefore, Falwell lost. It's not a win if in the end you lose 8-0.

Satire is satire be aimed at a group or an individual.

 

Falwell lost what happened that lead up to that is irrelevant and not newsworthy. Anything else about it is a fun fact and really....who cares.


People have always done satire. I may not like the satire but nothing and I mean nothing justifies slaughtering people over it.

 

Uh, maybe you need to look up the definition of satire, let me help.

the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

Your hypothetical statements fail at satire and only achieve at being attacks. Want a do over?

 

InTheLight, thats's just Go2church. Not sure what crawled up inside of him to make him so grumpy, but he's been that way for years. Just let him think he's right.

 

Generally a happy fella. When someone makes bold, assertive claims yet doesn't understand the concept being discussed, correction is needed. In, doesn't seem to understand satire, just trying to help someone out.

 

Well then from now on we will all stop wait for you to show up so we can all make sure that we understand the concepts being discussed.


How arrogant.