UC Baseball 16-8!

I agree with Tariq Ramadan that this is a determination whether or not different parties or people "Have the capacity to be free, rational (believer or atheist), and, at the same time, reasonable." I feel that it is important that the Muslim nation be able to express their disapproval toward the cartoons that were published, however, I feel that it is also important how they express themselves. If they were to form a non violent protest or be critical of the author that that would be okay, but if their form of protest were to be a mass shooting of people I would obviously be against this. The should be different levels of reaction to different actions and that it is possible to relate this to everyday life. If you have a friend that is making fun of you and you want to show him you do not appreciate it, the appropriate response would not to take a two by four and smack it across his face when a simple that's enough would do. I also feel that Traiq brings up a good point when he says "Also excessive and irresponsible is the invoking of the "right of freedom of expression"-- to give oneself the right to say anything, in any way, against anybody." There are ways that are appropriate to express oneself and you do not have absolute freedom of expression. There are certain lines that government set up and if crossed punishments are invoked. People should not be able to express themselves by intimidating a particularly person or group of people. Traiq brings up many interesting arguments about how different cultures need to understand how to express themselves to each other and need to set up a general standard.