Do you think the press has gone too far or are they allowed freedom of speech. Look at the the danish or dutch pictures of muhammed
2006-09-17 06:26:38 · 17 answers · asked by Frenchie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the press doesnt diserve the freedom they are given
they have no responsibility for what they report
2006-09-17 06:28:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's distasteful and discriminatory. However, it's within their rights to tick off anyone they want.
There are laws regarding such events. Slander is one such laws.
However, taking away freedom of the press is allowing for the rights of those you disagree with to be lost. The press today has gone from quality to speed. It's no longer about verifying the facts, it's about getting it to print the quickiest.
So do I think the press as gone too far? Sure--many times. I'm not going to take that right away from them though. A newspaper made a hate organization is still a newspaper.
2006-09-17 13:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by FaZizzle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I enjoy the privilege of freedom of the press. I rarely agree with them. If the Islamic countries want to suppress that freedom, then I feel sorry for their citizens. Things aren't perfect in the US, but I would not want to live anywhere else. I can criticize the government, voice my opinion, and not worry about being imprisoned or killed.
2006-09-17 14:07:21 · answer #3 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The press doesn't have free speech, they are still sensored in what they say and let us know. And why do they always want to show us those stupid feel good stories about a monkey taking in a hairless shrew as its own instead of focusing on something important.
2006-09-17 13:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by Hellsdiner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was nothing wrong with the pictures of Muhammed. They provided a comment on Islam, something we are entitled to do.
The ban within Islam on images of living beings is just that, within Islam, to apply it to a newspaper implies that the newspaper should follow Islam - a direct contravention of a principle of freedom of religion.
2006-09-17 13:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of speech should not be "allowed." It should be a guarantee.
Terrorists use fear to get what they want. In this case, they used the threat of violence unless people stopped showing pictures of Muhammad. By censoring yourself, you are allowing the terrorists to control your actions.
2006-09-17 13:32:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muslims got upset about certain cartoons of Mohammad, yet those same cartons were published in Egypt and no one raised a fuss. Therefore the Muslims are showing discrimination against us non Muslims.
2006-09-17 13:32:24 · answer #7 · answered by theprez7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If religion is threatened by a cartoon than it should close up shop, The life of one innocent is worth more than all the religions of the world, and till the Islamics recognize this they deserve no respect.
Tammi Dee
2006-09-17 13:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are too many restrictions on the British press.
2006-09-18 20:12:56 · answer #9 · answered by Calamity Jane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would you rather have a press that can only say what certian people want it to say. maybe they do go too far but at least they can still talk from their own mouths instead of being dictated to...
2006-09-17 13:38:28 · answer #10 · answered by attb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no free speech is a hard-won blessing - any religion worth anything is perfectly capable of standing up for itself without a bunch of fanatics screaming blue murder
2006-09-17 14:31:26 · answer #11 · answered by mesun1408 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋