I'm not really a big fan of Bill Maher. I think he's a bit of a self-righteous blowhard. But his recent closing rant on free speech in response to Comedy Central's censorship of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "South Park" episode depicting Mohammed and the resulting death threat had some choice lines worth quoting:
"[U]nlike the Qur'an, no one hear seriously considers following The Bible literally. Guys don't look over their fence on Sunday morning and see a neighbor mowing the lawn and think, 'I really should kill him.' Now Christianity of course went through a period like that, where religion had too much influence. It was called the Dark Ages."
And referring to the desire of the majority of Muslims in America and Europe to be assimilated better:
"The western world needs to make it clear that some things about our culture are not negotiable and can't change. And one of them is freedom of speech. Separation of church and state is another - not negotiable."
That last point he may want to direct at the Christian right as well.
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