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Draw Mohammed Day, May 20th
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sonicthebadger* wrote: »AFAIK they donated the proceeds to charity. I think they (RATM) were not aware of it until it had gained a considerable following. Is that going beyond gorilla marketing and out the other side into some form of Al Quieda marketing where the marketing only exists because it has been given a name then ironically becomes a marketing system and kind of rallying call and... I need dinner I'm rambling.
Given that Sony owned both The X Factor Winner and RATM, it's not hard to imagine that it was a stunt to increase sales for the X Factor winner (who was widely regarded as a bland overall choice), whilst simultaneously giving RATM a reason for a new tour but that's besides the point.
TBH Im surprised this thread got away essentially without any hassle. Irish muslims must really be more calm than they're made out to be. The facebook pages could have been just a part of a stunt0 -
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TBH Im surprised this thread got away essentially without any hassle. Irish muslims must really be more calm than they're made out to be. The facebook pages could have been just a part of a stunt
I'm surprised too, kudos to them for ignoring it. That's exactly what I do with petty nonsense. That's all drawing pictures really is. Glad the Muslims (at least here on boards anyway) were mature enough to realise something like this disappears when you ignore it.
That said, the point of the day was not petty nonsense, just the vehicle for achieving the statement that needed to be made. 0 -
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Well, since ignoring "blasphemy" is a vast improvement on the usual response - verbal and physical violence - then I'd call that a victory of sorts. If the fundies can get on with their lives without interfering with anyone else's, the "new atheism" can be consigned to the history books. Wouldn't it be nice if this whole forum was no longer necessary?sonicthebadger* wrote: »I'm surprised too, kudos to them for ignoring it. That's exactly what I do with petty nonsense. That's all drawing pictures really is. Glad the Muslims (at least here on boards anyway) were mature enough to realise something like this disappears when you ignore it.
That said, the point of the day was not petty nonsense, just the vehicle for achieving the statement that needed to be made.
You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Flamed Diving wrote: »
That guy reminds me of a Sith lord: "Free Speech is non-negotiable", "Remember it well what you participated in".
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So I see that Molly Norris has had to change her name and go into hiding.
So Anwar al-Awlaki here's one for you:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuD3Ex5p3Aw
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