Freedom Of Expression

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Neha_Sen

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Guys, u all must be aware abt the recent events pertaining to caricatures of Prophet Mohammed published by a Danish paper and the resulting violent outrages that have been witnessed all over the world. What do you think about this??? Share your views...Share your thoughts...HAve thr right to freedom been abused to such an extenst that it has become a farce or should i say a front to air misleading and unrequired comments n that tooby newspapers???

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Plz Note: Krtik, I expect somethin intellectually stimulatin from u on this front...i say this coz after readin all your articles n other stuff, i know u are capable of expressin your own insight into the same...

Expext lots n lots of posts....

Bye.
 
Aah.. I dont know how I missed this post..

Lets Begin the Big Fight on this one..

Freedom of expression is used in a totally different conatation thez days.

Freedom of expression does not mean abusing someones religion, or printing the tri colour indian flag on toilet paper or producing underwear which has imprints of " OM " or hamuman at the back side.

Freedom of expression would refer to your freedom of doing or saying or expressing certain things which do not interfere with the emotions of the masses.

If this is considered freedom of speech then the world would not be any different than the stone age when every person did what he wanted, said what he wanted, and killed whomever he wanted.

The press should be all the more carefull about such things because its the press that moulds a persons opinion .

The first thing a person reads in the morning is the newspaper. Its his doorway to the world beyond his house and office .

Freedom of expression and uncivilised expression are two different things and there is a thin line of difference which the press should understand before publishing such provocating material .
 
It is pertinent to note that the demonstrations held by the protestors in London were nothing short of shocking.

Some of them were gruesome in intent; and almost all called for the death of the cartoonist. That can also be taken as a case of misuse of the civil liberty granted to the Muslim immigrants of Britain....To say otherwise would be a case of hypocrisy.

That said, the western media tends to be a bit too insensitive when it comes to dealing with such issues.
They might make fun of Christianity in their homeland and get away with it; but it's a bit far-fetched to imagine that the same can be done with other religions like Islam and Hinduism.

The line between having freedom of expression and misusing it by being insensitive is very fine, and the press must be careful to ensure it doesn't cross the same. :aj:
 
Now that the conflict over the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed is dying down, or so I hope, it’s clear that the only winners are the extremists–in the Islamic world and in Europe.

It was an insensitive act because it hurt other people’s religious feelings. It was also an unnecessary provocation and constituted in itself, a caricature of our cherished freedom of expression. As my father says: Freedom of expression provides a right to say what you think, but it is not an obligation to do so!

The conflict has been called ‘A Clash of Civilizations’. The potential for this lies in deep differences between European and Islamic cultures and traditions. We should all be aware of those who seek to deepen these differences and turn them into insurmountable gulfs instead of inspirations to a richer life.

Our globalized world brings us not only economic opportunities, but also cultural and spiritual challenges. The Danish cartoonists and newspaper editors that published the cartoons obviously failed to understand that they were not just addressing themselves to a local audience, but to other inhabitants of the global village.

We should all acknowledge that in the modern world, it is increasingly necessary for all people to work for mutual respect, tolerance and better understanding. We must avoid situations, where different values are confronted with each other in ways that trigger violence. Instead, we must try to build bridges between religions, ethics and norms.

Call it self-censorship if you wish. But sensible people practice self-censorship all the time. If you wish to stay in the same room as other people, you try not to offend them through unnecessary provocations. The room that we are talking about is no longer the local pond, but the global village. Co-existence is the key.

Some people are unwilling to accept this. They are not open to values other than their own. But if we do not stand up to them, we all run a grave risk of repeating some of history’s greatest mistakes.
 
Man....enigma, u have raised the big fight to an all together different level with ur erudite comments....dude, i am lost for words....impressive is the least that i can say...wait make that brilliant n mindblowin....tell us more abt urself...u can surely help us with our gd n pi preparations...thnx to all the guys...keep postin...bye
 
I have this Gut feeling that enigma is < My Mistake .. Wrong guess > .

I concur with neha when she says impressive , excellent and mindblowing. I only wish I had a better vocab to praise his post.

Hope more people would post in this thread :)
 
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Well this word "freedom" in my opinion it has a huge meaning as it can be taken in any sense , infact tats wat we saw in this case where cartoonist thought they have the means to draw that caric n show it to there pepole which they will enjoy , but they forgot to think about one word which we as a management student oftenly deal wid and ie. "GLOBALISATION "..................

As world is no more a place whr one can do anything which is easily acceptable in his part of the world , one has to do only things which r univeraslly accepted and understood.

so every one in the world who has athourity or means TO EXPRESS HIS FREEDOM must adopt a paragmastic approach of doing thing which latter on may not make deprived others, and make the FREEDOM EXPRESSERS to feel regret afterwards for the doing......................which was the case here !!!!!
 
enigma said:
Now that the conflict over the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed is dying down, or so I hope, it’s clear that the only winners are the extremists–in the Islamic world and in Europe.

It was an insensitive act because it hurt other people’s religious feelings. It was also an unnecessary provocation and constituted in itself, a caricature of our cherished freedom of expression. As my father says: Freedom of expression provides a right to say what you think, but it is not an obligation to do so!

The conflict has been called ‘A Clash of Civilizations’. The potential for this lies in deep differences between European and Islamic cultures and traditions. We should all be aware of those who seek to deepen these differences and turn them into insurmountable gulfs instead of inspirations to a richer life.

Our globalized world brings us not only economic opportunities, but also cultural and spiritual challenges. The Danish cartoonists and newspaper editors that published the cartoons obviously failed to understand that they were not just addressing themselves to a local audience, but to other inhabitants of the global village.

We should all acknowledge that in the modern world, it is increasingly necessary for all people to work for mutual respect, tolerance and better understanding. We must avoid situations, where different values are confronted with each other in ways that trigger violence. Instead, we must try to build bridges between religions, ethics and norms.

Call it self-censorship if you wish. But sensible people practice self-censorship all the time. If you wish to stay in the same room as other people, you try not to offend them through unnecessary provocations. The room that we are talking about is no longer the local pond, but the global village. Co-existence is the key.

Some people are unwilling to accept this. They are not open to values other than their own. But if we do not stand up to them, we all run a grave risk of repeating some of history’s greatest mistakes.
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The thread starter asked for *your* thoughts and opinions, and not for a copy-paste job.

Neha_Sen said:
Man....enigma, u have raised the big fight to an all together different level with ur erudite comments....dude, i am lost for words....impressive is the least that i can say...wait make that brilliant n mindblowin....tell us more abt urself...u can surely help us with our gd n pi preparations...thnx to all the guys...keep postin...bye
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Yeah.....would've been even more impressive had he written them himself.

This is in actuality an article written by Uffe Ellemann-Jensen for The Taipei Times.

You can find it at: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/02/20/2003293868/print
 
Woooe... Anupam did a real sherlok job over here unearthing a scam on MP.

This would be MP's very first scam ;) ....

Three cheers for Anupam who unveiled the deep burried article ...

People please mention the source if you are going to copy paste from some site ..

Just so that there are no such misunderstanding ...

Id love if engima post " HIS OWN VIEWS " on this topic..

Others please join in the discussion...
 
Yeah enigma, post your own views......let's see how "impressive, brilliant and mindblowing" you really are :aj1: :aj1: :aj1:

:aj:
 
Hi frnds,
first let me come to terms that a person copy pasted the whole article from a newspaper as his own. unbelievanle - indecent yet smartly done and even better from A.J. - man u did good. THUMS UP to you.

Now to the fact at hand - the act by westerners is far too prevalent - in UK itself it is a well known fact that rights of minority asians is openly violated. No disrespect meant to any country ofcourse and to its people. It just a few people enjoy making fun at others expense. The world becomin global only means that the chances of your writings been heard aer much more so also your chances to hurt others emotions. The cartoon only represents their lack of knowledge about the greatness of islam and also hinduism. It will be rarely seen that christ is made in an offensive cartoon - a cartoon yes but still keeping the spiritual decency intact - however, lack of western understanding of the culture that is not theirs is the cause for this indiscrepancy and fooly on the part of the accused.

I am sure that the pope himself would lauch an appeal if anything offensive about the Christian religion were to come up - but why dont religious heads complain - they will be able to approach this lack of respect for islamic and other cultures by fools much more powerfully and hopefully less violently.

- Regards Nitin
 
Nitin1987 said:
Hi frnds,
first let me come to terms that a person copy pasted the whole article from a newspaper as his own. unbelievanle - indecent yet smartly done and even better from A.J. - man u did good. THUMS UP to you.
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Yeah I know. I should be working for the Scotland yard :aj:
 
voltaire said " i don't agree with what you say but will defend to death your right to say it "
 
thats old news now to be there in the hot debate section but nyways whatever happened surely hurt the emotions of a lot of people:SugarwareZ-193:
 
hi guys this is satya from NITK....i think we all do surely have the freedom of speech.....
do u know this?
As the spiritual leader of the Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama has been a courageous and steadfast voice of support for fundamental human rights, particularly the right to freedom of speeech
 
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