Santosh Helekar writes: On Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:39 pm Subject: [Goanet]Satanic Verses
<A lot of people, including I, would strongly object to any censorship or ban of Satanic Verses or any other religious parody in this public forum.>
Hi Santosh:
You have got it all wrong my friend, I suggest you take a deep breath and ponder over what you write –- else you might get in hot waters someday in the outside *free* world.
Thank your stars that you can say what you say, by staying in the West. Make no mistake -- you will have had your head on a platter, if you would’ve professed the “S” Verses anywhere in the Mid East.
<There will also be people who will stand up to "correct" those who think they are "correcting" others. The self-righteous need to be shown that they are often wrong. Tariq, Marlon, George, Mervyn and Allwyn are doing a splendid job in that regard.>
Remember this: Even your friends Tariq, Marlon,Mervyn, Allwyn, or even Judas Escariot or Pontius Pilate do not believe you. They may deny Jesus, but will not claim that Jesus did not exist -- and that goes for your professor friend too, who fired up this debate (through the controversial link) just to ingratiate himself with you.
As for the rest of us let us take a break from discussing with the net jester --Chimbelcho of the ‘civilized and free world’ -- who prides on impudent demeanor and cannot distinguish between “blasphemy” and “respect” for religion.
Joe Vaz
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From: Santosh Helekar Date: Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:39 pm Subject: [Goanet]Satanic Verses
In a message dated 8/14/2003 3:15:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I would sturdily object if Salman Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses' were posted on this Forum.
A lot of people, including I, would strongly object to any censorship or ban of
Satanic Verses or any other religious parody in this public forum.
You will always find people standing up and correcting any obnoxious or provocative posts here.
There will also be people who will stand up to "correct" those who think they
are "correcting" others. The self-righteous need to be shown that they are
often wrong. Tariq, Marlon, George, Mervyn and Allwyn are doing a splendid job
in that regard.
Blasphemy died more than 300 years ago in the civilized and free world.
Cheers,
Santosh
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