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Somehow I get the feeling that most of the people participating in "Draw Mohammad Day" would be outraged to the point of demanding a boycott or retribution if a hundred thousand Muslims (or people of Muslim cultural heritage) participated in a "Blaspheme Against the Holy Spirit Day" or a "Hang a Cross Upside-Down Day" or the like.

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Not me :P

There was a a blaspheme against the holy spirit day.

I've been racking my brains to work out what kind of day would rile atheist supports of "Draw Mohammed Day" (of whom there seem to be quite a few). The best I could come up with was "tap an atheist on the shoulder and point out that the axioms on which they base their morality are no more logical than religious axioms day", which is a bit feeble and not exactly catchy.

Of course. It's only fun killing *other* people's sacred cows.

Hmm. All the people I've seen participating are the kind of shouty atheists who would be just as keen on anti-Christian blasphemy. Is that not typical?

Do I get a pass or a frowny face when I admit that I wouldn't mind participating in any/all of those but honestly don't have the energy or interest?

I remember reading (in the Economist I think) around the time of the Danish controversy that it is very very common in Muslim countries to see anti-Semitic representations in comic strips. Strangely neither Muslims nor Jews seem to riot in outrage over this. Maybe the media just doesn't cover it.

I am all for treating Muslims like any other group in the modern world. You know, same rights and stuff. The idea of a group deciding how they should be respected is much more difficult. If a (whatever) group understood modern sensibilities they would be angry if they hadn't been parodied in South Park yet.

I think I would have preferred a blasphemy every religion including atheism in one image day. That might have produced some really creative images.

Some, but I think many of them would point out that they complain about the (perceived) bigotry and childishness when people blaspheme their religion, but they don't try to kill them, or encourage others to do so. Indeed, I know a number of people for whom that is the key issue, we all have things we believe in belittled by others in this Internet age. Civilized people recognize disagreement, and respect the rights of others to have their own opinions, even when we think they are wrong.

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