Blog @ MoreWhat.com

To be fair, in light of past commentary at various sites on the net including the blogosphere, if Muslims respond to this outrage by Catholics and others regarding the chocolate Jesus story in a manner similar to those who characterized their outrage over cartoons about Islam as overreaction, including this blog, no valid complaint can be expressed.

In other words, if Muslims overreacted to cartoons about Islam, then Catholics and others are overreacting to this chocolate Jesus story. Any argument proposing the two situations are different brings to mind an old phrase, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Even though we occasionally participate in less than admirable expressions of free speech, etc., the point here is such activity is usually pointless and only serves to inflame debate rather than solve issues.

C. Harris
MoreWhat.com

Outcry Cancels Chocolate Jesus Show

NEW YORK (AP) — A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics complained….

Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Perri Nelson’s Website, The Virtuous Republic, Shadowscope, Stuck On Stupid, Leaning Straight Up, The Amboy Times, Pursuing Holiness, Rightlinx, third world county, Right Celebrity, Woman Honor Thyself, Stageleft, , stikNstein… has no mercy, Pirate’s Cove, The Right Nation, The Pink Flamingo, Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Voices, Right Pundits, The Random Yak, A Blog For All, guerrilla radio, 123beta, Adam’s Blog, basil’s blog, The Bullwinkle Blog, Cao’s Blog, Phastidio.net, , Conservative Cat, LaTogaStrappata®, sissunchi, Allie Is Wired, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, Walls of the City, The World According to Carl, Blue Star Chronicles, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2007 at 7:29 pm and is filed under Technology, wordpress, Religion, internet, blog, News Media, ethics, Freedom, Opinion, Islam. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.