Cartoon Slideshow: Is Freedom of Speech the Freedom to Provoke?

By ⋅ September 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Cartoon: Luojie, China Daily, China

Cartoon: Luojie, China Daily, China

The offensive Muhammad video and the Muhammad cartoons in the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo have cartoonists musing over whether there are limits to freedom of speech.

Their declarations are sometimes gentle, sometimes forceful, and sometimes completely equivocal.



Discussion

3 comments for “Cartoon Slideshow: Is Freedom of Speech the Freedom to Provoke?”

  • TucsonPete

    I wish the country/city of origin of each of the cartoons had been noted.
    I consider it a false equivalency to compare allowing an offensive movie to be made to ignorance (of who is responsible for the movie), violence, destruction and death threats.

  • Dave_The_Skeptical

    I don’t fear Muslims that much. What I fear is anyone demanding I must live my life according to whichever god(s) they believe in. I am very afraid of the demands that some Muslims make. Imposing Sharia.

  • trebbr

    I agree. These cartoons would be much more interesting and enlightening if their origin/where they were published was shown.