{"id":6105,"date":"2016-10-26T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/10\/26\/on-mocking-religious-figures\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T13:15:32","slug":"on-mocking-religious-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/10\/26\/on-mocking-religious-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"On Mocking Religious Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">My view in a few words.&#0160; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Other things being equal, one should not mock, deride, or engage in any sort of unprovoked verbal or pictorial assault on people or the beliefs they cherish.&#0160; So if Muslims were as benign as Christians or Buddhists, I would object on moral grounds to the depiction and mockery of the man Muslims call the Prophet despite the legality of so doing.&#0160; 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