tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post116142857419501036..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Peter Risdon WatchPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161438381769412472006-10-21T14:46:00.000+01:002006-10-21T14:46:00.000+01:00Ok, maybe later, am busy at present.Ok, maybe later, am busy at present.Ismaeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705906069437555860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161437737782735952006-10-21T14:35:00.000+01:002006-10-21T14:35:00.000+01:00Hi Ismaeel,In fact, I sensed an opportunity to get...Hi Ismaeel,<BR/><BR/>In fact, I sensed an opportunity to get a dialogue going.<BR/><BR/>Why not take issue with things you consider innaccurate in my posts, and we can discuss them?Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161437232405218672006-10-21T14:27:00.000+01:002006-10-21T14:27:00.000+01:00Peter,i am happy as ever to continue down the road...Peter,<BR/><BR/>i am happy as ever to continue down the road of civilised dialogue with you.<BR/><BR/>However i note several disingeneous and non-sensical things you have mentioned here. Firstly we didn't give a response to the idea of non-Muslims privatley viewing the Danish cartoons. Actually we did, on several occassions. Islam was, centuries before the west, adamant about the absolute sanctity of the private sphere, whatever went on behind closed doors was no buisness of the state. However what we also made clear is that when you noise it abroad that you are going to exhibit such socialy destructive material, then it ceases to be a private concern.<BR/><BR/>I regard the exhibition of the Danish cartoons and for that matter the exhibition of the holocaust cartoons in Iran to be uncivil and anti-social and am opposed to both. <BR/><BR/>I do not wrestle with my beliefs, I am very happy and secure in them and the discussion of the MfFE did not cause me any anxt although it may have caused others some. <BR/><BR/>My objections here on this site are to the rather silly and baseless slander that you have thrown around on your site like your description of the MCB forcing veils on women, encouraging honor killings and forced marriages etc. That kind of "critical analysis" we can do without it to facilitate better understanding. That requires you to be civil. Hopefully one day you will understand that need. <BR/>I'm sure you will seek to defend yourself by saying you were being flippant and only seeking to amuse. So was I when i wrote about the need for a watch site for you, it seems to have touched a nerve with you however, maybe you will learn from the experience and consider the importantce of tempering your critical analaysis with some civility.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for your critiques of Islam and Muslims, please and let's have our debate and many more. But don't muddy the waters by being unneccesarily insulting and distasteful which detract from the force of your arguments.Ismaeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705906069437555860noreply@blogger.com