Emile comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 18 April 2011 02:08:24PM 0 points [-]

I find it very normal that they took action - the purpose of the whole "Everybody draw Mohammed day" thing is to annoy Muslims, so a Muslim encountering a drawing of Mohammed in that context (as opposed to in a history book etc.) knows it's purpose is to offend him or someone like him. Even if he doesn't mind the actual drawing, he knows about the intent behind the drawing.