Siorac
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My problem with blanket statements such as "we should not openly antagonise people with deeply held religious beliefs" is that where do we draw the line? There has been plenty of philosophical discussion about whether God exists or not, about the role of religion - much of it openly critical about them. Marx's famous passage about it being the opium of the people is arguably quite offensive - should a teacher refrain from teaching Marx for fear of antagonising religious students?That's offensive to a lot of people. And people of any religion would find certain statements offensive. The question is why people like you think it's okay to openly antagonize people of specific religions and offend them.
I have more sympathy for the argument that showing these particular cartoons themselves achieve little but surely it's not useful to suggest that we should avoid antagonising religious people altogether, no matter what.