Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr...
by michaelt on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:24AM
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Why does the bar need raised? It's not a competition
to see who can piss off religious people the most.
Let's say in the future some other group gets upset at what journalists are saying. Maybe it's the scientologists, or KKK members, or animal rights activists, or hells angels, or anonymous.
They will ask themselves "What have people tried in the past in order to silence journalists, did it work, and can we do it ourselves?"
Then they will say "In the past people have firebombed offices and attacked journalists. Can we do that? Yes we can. Did it work?"
Society and journalists have to decide whether upset groups will say "Yes, it was effective at silencing journalists" or if they'll say "No, it was ineffective, in fact it made the situation worse".
They will ask themselves "What have people tried in the past in order to silence journalists, did it work, and can we do it ourselves?"
Then they will say "In the past people have firebombed offices and attacked journalists. Can we do that? Yes we can. Did it work?"
Society and journalists have to decide whether upset groups will say "Yes, it was effective at silencing journalists" or if they'll say "No, it was ineffective, in fact it made the situation worse".