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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
So is the Muslim who was offended by this guy's art and killed him an extremist?
I'm not trying to pull the oppressed Christian card, because i really don't like to do that, but think about how often Christianity is degraded for the sake of art. Paintings of the Virgin Mary consisting of feces, performance artists urinating into jars then dropping crucifixes into them, plays and other artwork mocking Christ's life or portraying him as homosexual, etc. I'm sure that Rudey could expound on the times that the Jewish faith has been mocked as well in the name of art.
The difference is that those artists aren't murdered in cold blood, then have their murders written off as, "well, that's what he gets".
It is refreshing to see the mainstream Islamic groups condemning the killing though.
KS 361 times i'm ashamed of radical Christians that kill abortion doctors and would be more ashamed of ones that kill artists.
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Ok here is the thing though. Did I say anywhere in my previous posts that he deserved what he got? I don't think so...Did I say his life is worth less than another human being? I don't think so..but here is the thing, the law is supposed to deal with lunatics who kill other people. I believe in justice and all that good stuff. If you want to go into condeming the murder, well that's a whole other story. Here is what I said on my first post: "However, a murder is a murder. And a terrorist attack is a terrorist attack. So I hope that justice does prevail."
I on the other hand will not mourn for that man because he is an artist and a van gogh. and if that makes me an extremist...then the boundaries for that word has just been widened, and I'm sure many people will fall under that category.
If I was a christian and someone depicted Mary as you described, hell yeah I would be offended. I still wouldn't pick up a weapon to kill that artist.
As for the person who did kill that man, he would be an extremist.
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