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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Jade - There are worse things happening in the world today than having the center of your religion mocked. So your beliefs, feelings, convictions, whatever were hurt by the theme of this show. So what? A few years back, a couple of radio hosts were mocking the religion and beliefs I held dear at the time. It made me angry, I felt personally insulted. I felt indignation on behalf of my fellow believers. I was especially angry because the event they were mocking was akin to a Christian prayer vigil - something that the practitioners were only doing to benefit the community. I even called the station to complain that what they were saying only showed ignorance of the subject. I wanted them to take it back and apologize. But you know what? Eventually I figured out that 1) they were exercising their right to free speech, 2) that despite my initial reaction to their comments, I was personally unharmed and my beliefs were still as strong as they had been - I had made the choice to be angry, 3) the religion itself was still intact and free to practice as usual. In fact - I eventually recognized that they were not truly mocking the religion, but the stereotype - the basis of almost all comedy. My point of this is: It was only hurtful because I allowed it to be. We live in a country where freedom of/from religion matters, jade. If you ever sat down and watched South Park, you would understand that absolutely nothing is sacred on that show. It's one of the things I love most about it. No one is free from ridicule - they are an equal opportunity offender. Because of this - i think it is one of the most honest commentaries on how ridiculous our society can be. As I mentioned before; pick your battles. You have made the choice to be offended on behalf of your religion. There are many other activities that you could be devoting your energies to rather than calling for the censorship of a show you don't even watch. Loading...
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