Bangladesh Bans Facebook

[gemmakaru]

If you cant have an image of Mohammed how do the people seeing this image know it's him, they wouldn't know what he looks like. It could have been a picture of anyone named Mohammed, a guy down the street. Or is the name banned as well?

 

[Guest]

do they even have internet in Bangladesh?

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]seriousazn[/nom]I agree that they overreact, but a lil fyi...it's against their religion to draw Mohammad, so a more appropriate thing to compare that to would be...burning a bible?[/citation]

Like I would care... Burn them all, the bibles and the Muslim!

 

[anamaniac]

I believe in freedom of choice, and that means I'll insult any religion I want, any time I want!

 

[chickenhoagie]

Ohhh man I'm so scared of a death threat from the muslim extremists (( ohh jeepers! please..kill me for my freedom of speech, see if i even blink. Then i'll kill you for burning a bible, giving jesus a fake mustache, or killing christians like you do every single day. Nah, I'm not talking about moderate muslims, just the extremist ones. either way, its hard to trust any of them these days.

 

[chickenhoagie]

[citation][nom]TommySch[/nom]Like I would care... Burn them all, the bibles and the Muslim![/citation]
Now this is the attitude I enjoy

thumps up to you sir.

 

[victomofreality]

Jeez if every country banned facebook for making fun of their political leaders there wouldn't be a country left that still had it! Yet another example of why I'm glad to live in a country with free speech!

 

[potatolord]

[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]when you attack black people, they call it racism. When you attack Jewish people, they call it anti semitism. When you attack women, they call it sexism. When you attack homosexuality, they call it intolerance. When you attack your country,they call it treason. When you attack a religious sect, they call it...hate speech. But when they attack the Prophet (PBUH), they want to call it freedom of speech.Yeah i'm a muslim. Have some respect. People can avoid situations liek this easily by NOT drawing him. It's not like it's getting in people's way. People are ignorant.[/citation]

Racism and sexism are clearly wrong as people have no choice as to how they are born. You could argue (as some do)) that gay people are born that way, which would make that wrong too. Criticising a country isn't treason, unless actions are taken against that country (like killing its citizens or staging a coup). The only countries that would prosecute their citizens for saying "country X is rubbish" are not usually beacons of freedom (see N Korea).

In my opinion, people can say what they like about religion. It might be rude and it might be ignorant but it shouldn't be unlawful. If someone is offended they can complain, but the law should not regulate people's private communications.

In the last UK census, several thousand people described themselves as "Jedi". Does this mean that they should have the legal right to stop criticism of the Star Wars films?

 

[princeofdreams]

The problem most people have with the Muslim faith is that we find it medieval,it is degrading to women, violent and full of hate, to be fair it pretty much like the Christian faith was up until a few hundred years, lets face it we burnt people at the stake, sacked whole continents and passed some very barbaric laws all in the name of Christianity, even the Catholics and the protestants butchered each other all in the name of the "true faith"

But we as a people grew up, we managed to remove the church from politics and become secular societies. Muslim countries need to do the same, but the sad fact is you do NOT have hundreds of years for this to happen. Like it or not western countries are the true power in the world, and all the hate and bile that comes from the hard line Muslims won't be tolerated indefinitely, self preservation will ensure that sooner rather than later the west will say enough is enough and really put an end to it all, not out of hatred for Muslims but out of self preservation.

The Muslim principles will not dictate western politics, we get the blame here in the west for all the ills of the middle east, and whilst we have made some big mistakes (stealing half of Palestine for the Jews)most of the mistakes are made by the Muslim leaders, look at the royal family in Saudi, they live in outrageous wealth yet the poor have nothing, yet it is America that gets the blame for this, The Muslim faith currently spews out hatred, heck they even blow each other up for being Sunni or Shea, all in the name of some bloke from 14 centuries ago, he wasn't even divine, just a prophet

At the end of the day, become tolerant or you will be made tolerant. We can only be pushed so far

 

[blackened144]

[citation][nom]cj_online[/nom]It's hate speech you moron. Why don't you grow up and snap out of that childish act you're pulling... disguising hatred and offensive drawings as "Freedom of Speech"..[/citation]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/_...clopedia/images/4/47/Muhammed_and_the_Jew.jpg

 

[Zingam]

[citation][nom]FrozenGpu[/nom]Zingam, seriously you were not under muslim rule, don;t use the whole "my people" routine that's so low. So quit complaining, your just as bad as modern day jews who talk as if they themselves survived the holocaust, give it a rest. Shit happens, just chill you intolrant a-holes. Learn to respect others, seriously.[/citation]

In our modern world if you say the truth you are disrespectful hater. And of course only Jews and Muslims are allowed to be victims.

 

[Gulli]

http/ittefaq.com/issues/2010/05/27/news0412.htm

Barack, you have the power to stop this: show those intolerant f*cks that they can't just sponge off Western aid money while oppressing they their people. If they can pay for the arrest and incarceration of students protesting for freedom of speech then surely they do not need our aid money.

 

[Zingam]

[citation][nom]cj_online[/nom]Insulting other religions is strictly forbidden in Islam... we ain't as cowardly and/or low life's to spew hatred towards other religions... dunno about the extremists,which might I add are NOT muslims, but Islam doesn't allow this by any means.[/citation]

What about the destruction of non-Muslim temples in modern times i some countries dominated by Muslims?

 

[chripuck]

[citation][nom]mbbs20[/nom]I second that..don't do it...easy resolution..what the hell is it that you get from doing it anyways ?..off course the only reason could be to make fun and ignite hatred..what else ?..thats exactly what is not allowed in any religion.[/citation]
And if you use God's name in vain in any context you are insulting Christian's and Jews. Commandment #1, though shall not take the Lord's name in vain. You don't see Christian nations threatning to block CBS because someone said Jesus Christ on CSI.

And I hate to break it to you, but the Christian God gets tromped on in all media and the producers and actors don't need lifetime police protection because they did it. Try telling that to the two Danish cartoonists who drew Mohammed.

 

[duncanidaho]

For a Tech site it seems like a lot of people here want to bash a technology Facebook.

Making a picture of Mo is a sin because the ignorant would have made graven images of Mo and bowed down to them. But like everything in the religion-of-submission it has to be taken to the extreme. The only art allowed is architectural ornamentation. In some places even gravestones are forbidden. Blowing up Buddha statues is religious duty. If these lunatics were given the opportunity they would dynamite Da Vinci and all the other old masters. Drawing Mo is a protest against this lunacy as brave as standing in front of a tank.

Without blasphemy there can be no progress.

 

[chripuck]

[citation][nom]cj_online[/nom]It's hate speech you moron. Why don't you grow up and snap out of that childish act you're pulling... disguising hatred and offensive drawings as "Freedom of Speech"..[/citation]
So I'm sure you've never said goddamit or exclaimed Jesus Christ in a moment of angst. And even if you haven't I'm sure you're in compelte agreement that we should ban every major television network for their hate speech of using God's name in vein, which goes against the basic tenet's of Christian and Judaism.

You just love manipulating the hate speech angle to your own agenda. What's good for the goose is good for the gander buddy.

 

[Madhatter4]

Who cares what happens in Bangladesh!!!! Its a disgusting, piss poor, over populated 3rd world cess pool.. most of the people in that country dont have a pot to piss in let alone a PC with an internet connection

 

[flaminggerbil]

Islam really needs to wake up and enter the 21st century, you're several hundred years behind the rest of the world.

Christians got past this stage quite a while back, why cant you?

 

[mbbs20]

[citation][nom]flaminggerbil[/nom]Islam really needs to wake up and enter the 21st century, you're several hundred years behind the rest of the world.Christians got past this stage quite a while back, why cant you?[/citation]

You mean the stage of "I don't give a shit what you say my religion cause I couldn't care less about it and am too busy in my own life, but if you do say it, then i'll just call myself tolerant and feel happy about it"..sorry but Muslims do care about their religion, being tolerant is one thing, but being responsible enough to voice your rightful concern is another. I absolutely condemn any acts of violence to which unfortunately some Muslims relate ...but at least in a more civilized way I do condone the banning of FB . Like I said before there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech, you can't say the "N" word and its about time educated people realize you cannot draw and ridicule Prophet Mohammad PBUH or any Prophet from any religion. It should be a law IMHO.

 

[flaminggerbil]

[citation][nom]mbbs20[/nom]Like I said before there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech, you can't say the "N" word and its about time educated people realize you cannot draw and ridicule Prophet Mohammad PBUH or any Prophet from any religion. It should be a law IMHO.[/citation]
Dont you dare draw comparison between a racial slur derived from generations of slavery and your religion that takes offence from a small cartoon image of a man in a stupid hat.
Your massively hypocritical religion is so self centered they see anyone else as fair game (strangely similar to scientology) yet the moment the finger of blame is pointed at you due to constant mindless violence, half the Muslim world is up in arms, flag burning in the streets.

Welcome to the modern world.