California Conservative

First, Muslim cartoons. Now, South Park.*
There really is nothing sacred.

If nothing else, the swelling global controversy over those Danish cartoons has exposed a critical point on which too many Western liberals agree with Islamic extremists calling for suppression of such journalism.

“‘People have every right to give an opinion on something,’ Rachel Lawton, executive director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, said. ‘You cross the line when you threaten, intimidate or harass, and that is when free speech is limited.’

“CAIR board member Mazhar Rishi agreed. ‘The right to free speech is not absolute,’ Rishi said. ‘It does not give a right to defame Prophet Muhammad or any other’ religious figure.”

Of course, it’s a slippery slope. Some might even say that our blogging threatens certain people — most notably, mentally- disturbed liberals. Can’t please everyone.

Mark Tapscott has the full report.

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