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   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   "Thanatos"  wrote:   
      
   > Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> So it's worth risking people's lives to air a cartoon?   
   >   
   > No, it's worth risking people's lives to thwart the ability of a bunch   
   > of psychopathic barbarians to dictate our culture to us.   
      
   Very few people in America would say that South Park is 'our culture' except   
   perhaps within the phrase 'South Park is an unfortunate result of our   
   culture'....kinda like dog fighting videos.   
      
   ...but again, the issue isn't about Comedy Central denying these cartoonists   
   the ability for 'free speech' (which as you have pointed out numerous times   
   in the past does not apply to private companies controlling what their   
   eployees are allowed to say).  If the cartoonists want to take a stand, they   
   can set up a website and create some new poorly drawn characters to spout   
   off against Muslim beliefs.  For Comedy Central, the issue is about   
   protecting their financial investment and their employees lives...a far more   
   worthy/legitimate reason to 'give in' than when they give in to groups   
   setting up sponsor boycotts.   
      
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