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Originally Posted by Rasczak  That's fair, but where the analogy breaks down is after the property damage, the Muslims demand that the ads should have never been placed in their presence in the first place. Motive for the vandalism shouldn't play a part in sentencing should they be caught. |
Agreed. The motive is not an excuse - no doubt we could easily dream up some ideological rationalization behind the idiot teenager taggers with their graffiti too, but it would be irrelevant to the wrongfulness of the vandalism. However, I can't help but feel a slight empathy for those wishing to express a political ideal. But I don't feel similar empathy for those wishing to express religious doctrines. These are I suppose conflicts between my personal emotions and fair civic reasoning. Perhaps a solution would be to provide some kind of public avenue for the expression of ideals.