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justanaverageguy

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8. Not that I would ever expect The Onion to be courageous

Reply to packman (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:41 PM

Jan 2015

But I took the lack of Muhammad in the pic to be the point. As in saying..."look we can drawing offensive cartoons of all these other religious figure without danger, but not the Prophet". Like the cartoonist was trying say that's exactly why he could drive home that night without fear.

But again....it's The Onion....I'm probably reading waaaaaaaaay too much into it.

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[NSFW] No One Murdered Because of this Image [View all] QuestionableC Jan 2015 OP

I thought I would be offended by it. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #1

It made me giggle QuestionableC Jan 2015 #7

I think the days of Christians murdering people for blasphemy are behind us. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #2

Although they still are trying to do so for Homosexuality in some parts of the world n2doc Jan 2015 #4

True, and lets not forget abortion doctors here in America. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #5

The Onion is pretty damn funny. Ace Rothstein Jan 2015 #3

Funny, but still not courageous packman Jan 2015 #6

Not that I would ever expect The Onion to be courageous justanaverageguy Jan 2015 #8