[goldstategop]

Its politically correct to target Christianity but Islam is off limits to even the mildest criticism.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[pediatricsman]

Maybe we should have rampaged through the streets.

[Post Toasties]

I always felt that 'Piss Christ''s only claim to being 'art' was its license to irritate Christians rather than having any intrinsic artistic value. Yet, as the author points out, there were no demonstrations or threats made to speak of resulting from it over nearly 20 years from Christians or Muslims.

[Bon mots]

In March 2000, CNN showed a picture of the Virgin Mary made out of dung:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/arts/03/27/museum.flap/index.html

Yessiree. Right there on CNN’s website you have a picture of "The Holy Virgin Mary" by British artist Chris Ofili. He used elephant dung and images of female genitalia in that ‘work’.

This garbage posing as ‘art’ was deemed offensive to Christians. CNN had no qualms about showing it and offending Christians. It has remained on their web site until today. Nearly five years now.

In fact, if you click on the link above, you will see this ‘work’ - still proudly displayed on CNN’s website.

Now the violent Muslims are rampaging and burning things - again - about a few cartoons, and CNN says, “CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam.”

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/cartoon.protests/index.html
Follow this link and read the last line in the article.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

The civilised discuss, barbarians rampage.

[SmoothTalker]

"
Though some criticisms of Piss Christ, and the man who created it, were intemperate, Serrano's art was never forced underground, nor was his life seriously threatened, nor was he forced into hiding a la Salman Rushdie or placed in protective custody. Violence-prone packs of Christians did not roam the streets of Paris, or London, or Frankfurt, or Madrid, or New York calling for the head of Piss Christ's creator"

This is why western civilization is superior to Muslim civilization. We know that for a civilized society to function, its members can't react to an idea or a piece of art they find offensive by rioting, and calling for the murder of people who had nothing to do with that offensive art in the first place. We understand that for a modern society to work, you have to be willing to be offended and if you are offended you have to go about responding by dialogue and peaceful protest not by acting like madmen.