# France and the cartoons of Mohammed; what's your take? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 29, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-the-cartoons-of-mohammed-whats-your-take/924221 "2020-10-29T16:49:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 575
**Author:** ![ZosterSandstorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-the-cartoons-of-mohammed-whats-your-take/924221/575 "2020-11-06T22:52:48Z")
Merely talking about other people in a different country who displayed the cartoons in a classroom for the purpose of discussing free expression is apparently also very racist and deserving of up-punching: > **[Dutch PM denounces intolerance as teacher in hiding amid Islam cartoon debate](https://news.yahoo.com/teacher-hiding-young-woman-arrested-134929888.html)** > > Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday denounced what he called intolerable threats to freedom of expression, after a Rotterdam teacher was forced into hiding following a classroom discussion on the killing of French teacher Samuel Paty. Police... Seems that once we allow for “the state should prosecute blasphemy in order to pre-empt the totally justified and reasonable response of vigilantes murdering people for it” the degrees removed from the actual violation of the Islamic religious law that you need to make illegal just start multiplying. Almost as if negotiating with terrorists is a pointless exercise in compromising with people who will never be satisfied. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/france-and-the-cartoons-of-mohammed-whats-your-take/924221)._