CanWest Gone Too Far

I'm not a Catholic, nor am I Muslim. I do believe in freedom of speech. However I believe in appropriate freedom of speech, in that it is not used to cause offence. The Dominion Post and The Christchurch Press chosing to publish cartoons depicting Mohammad was gratuitous. After seeing how offended many Muslims were overseas, why go ahead with republishing them in New Zealand to cause further offence? If people wanted to check out what the cartoons were all about they could just check it out on the net.

Likewise I do not believe it to be appropriate for CanWest and C4 to broadcast the episode of South Park with Mary menstruating tonight. They know that Catholics find it offensive yet they are continuing to proceed. TV3 agreed not to show the cartoons again after once showing them 'for reporting purposes'. If the screening of this episode of South Park does go ahead I will be interested to see if they decide not to broadcast repeats of the episode.

Bar all those sex abuse scandals, people have walked all over Christians and Catholics for too long now. We have seen Muslims overseas reacting violently to any insult towards their religion. Is it time for Christianity to adopt a more fundamentalist stand?

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Contact CanWest:
TV3:

Email: r.friesen@tv3.co.nz

Rick Friesen's (Manager) phone number: (09) 575 0148

Brent Impey (CEO) Email: bimpey@mediaworks.co.nz

TV3 Telephone: (09) 377 9730

Private Bag 92624
Symonds Street
Auckland

CanWest International:

Geoffrey Elliot, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, CanWest Global Communications Corp.

Tel: (204) 956-2025, Fax:(204) 947-9841

Email: gelliot@canwest.com

C4 Television:

feedback@c4tv.co.nz