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I feel we're talking past each other. What I'm saying (and Yvain is saying) is that if you categorize actions thatpeople find offensive in:
A) Accidental offense (you didn't know someone would be offended)
B) Indifferent offense (you know, but don't care, and do the action anyway)
C) Deliberate offense (you do the action because you know someone will be offended)
.. then "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" falls under C), for the prepretator.
That is a seperate issue from whether it's sometimes acceptable to deliberately offend people, or of how offensive various actions are.
Okay, I see your point.
I still believe there's a problem in using the word "hostility" since it's negatively connotated. Further, I think there's a big difference between doing something because of the offence it causes per se and doing it because you think the offence is harmful and want to reduce it. But it is a minor issue which probably won't bring us further by discussing much further.