I recorded this for two reasons. 1, so people could fav it if they feel like it, and 2, because I thought it'd sound better in general if I read it aloud.

BTW, if this gets taken down for being offensive, it will be the most supreme irony in history.

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A while back on Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, I did my own drawing of the Prophet of Islam. It was the crudest stick-figure doodle I could make, and it had Muhammad saying, "Boy oh boy! There's nothing I like more than taking it up the ass from JEWS!" while getting buttfucked by a happy smiling Jewish fellow. And then to be just a little bit more of a dick I added, "...and eating porkchops".

Needless to say, this was taken down by the admins after a short time. But I don't blame the admins. I was told that four different people had reported it as being offensive. Despite there being plenty of equally-disrespectful images of Jesus on the site. Which once again shows that Islam has a protected status; that we go out of our way to shield it from insult, even though it has done absolutely nothing to earn such behavior. (I thought it was only Muslims themselves that are supposed to submit slavishly to Islam...)

But that's neither here nor there. The point is that people were OFFENDED by my cartoon. But why? Because it was disrespectful, obviously. But why? Because it showed the Prophet doing things the Prophet would never do. But why? Because those things are immoral. But WHY?

And this is my central point: I specifically designed my cartoon so that it would only be offensive to people who had an irrational perception of the activities depicted. That may be a little hard to grasp at first, so I'll break it down for ya.

If I had drawn a picture of Muhammad eating an apple, would anyone be offended? Okay, yes; someone might be offended that I drew him in the first place. But would anyone be offended by him just eating an apple? No. So why would it be any different if I showed him eating pork? Oh, because eating pork is wrong for Muslims. Yet is there anything in REALITY to suggest that eating pork is wrong? Sure, the apple might be healthier for you, but is pork deadly? Is it poison? Does everyone who eats it die in agony as soon as it touches their lips? Has the Earth ever opened up and swallowed a pig-eater directly into the bowels of Hell?

No. So we can safely say that the belief that eating pork is immoral is an IRRATIONAL belief. It's not irrational to say that it's not good for your cholesterol, or that you might get trichinosis. But it is irrational to say that pork will destroy your soul.

So the reason why people would be more offended by me drawing Muhammad eating pork instead of eating an apple, is that they have an irrational belief about the pork. And without the irrational belief, there cannot be offense.

Got that? THE OFFENSE ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE OF AN IRRATIONAL BELIEF.

That's why, in my drawing, I made a special effort to show that Muhammad was having sex with a Jew, because Muslims also have an irrational belief that Jews are inhuman and they all deserve to die. (And just because all Muslims don't personally believe this doesn't change the fact that it's written right there in their handbook.) I knew I would hurt them if I showed their prophet having anal sex with a man, but I knew it'd sting far more if that man was a Jew. Similarly, I would love to get in a fight with a white racist sometime, so I could say that his momma fucks niggers. I have nothing against black people and think that racism is also completely irrational. But this person would have chosen to believe that black people are bad. So because of his choice, I know that I can enrage him by putting the mental image into his head of his mother crammed full of black cock.

There is nothing wrong with using someone's irrational beliefs to ridicule and humiliate them. Assuming, of course, that they have done something to deserve this treatment. But in some cases, the irrational belief ITSELF is so offensive to truth and reason that the person who chooses to believe in it deserves ridicule and humiliation just for believing in it.

There is a difference between being deliberately offensive to someone because of their race, gender or other physical condition, and being deliberately offensive to them because of their beliefs. Beliefs are always a choice. We generally approve of people speaking out against racists, but think it's impolite to attack someone's religious viewpoints. Yet there is no difference whatsoever between racism and religion, in that they are both chosen beliefs. No one is ever born thinking that their skin color makes them a superior being, and no one is ever born believing in a certain god. These beliefs must be learned, and we are responsible for whether or not we choose to accept the things we are taught.

There is absolutely nothing in reality to suggest that homosexuality is wrong or unnatural or immoral. So when someone chooses to believe this anyway, I have no problem with using their irrational belief to hurt them. The ONLY reason why Muslims are offended by my drawing Muhammad having gay sex is because they choose to believe that homosexuality is a filthy sin. If they didn't believe such nonsense, my drawing would be as inoffensive as Muhammad eating an apple.

Probably most people who saw my drawing thought it was just juvenile mean spiritedness. Some people told me they agreed with the idea, but thought it was rude of me to have posted it. And I even apologized for it a few times, which I shouldn't have. Because it was very carefully designed so that everything in it which could be called offensive could ONLY be called offensive by someone with an irrational belief.

The reference to Muhammad eating porkchops is only offensive to someone who chooses to believe eating pork is a sin.

The depiction of Muhammad having gay sex is only offensive to someone who chooses to believe that homosexuality is immoral.

The depiction of a Jew having sex with Muhammad is only offensive to someone who chooses to believe that Jews are an inferior race.

The depiction of Muhammad, just by itself, is only offensive to someone who chooses to believe that depicting Muhammad is a sin.

The only reason I needed to mark my submission as 'adult' was because the depiction of two consenting people having sex is considered wrong by people who hold the irrational belief that images of sex are somehow harmful to people of certain ages, despite absolutely no scientific evidence of this whatsoever.

Don't you dare start thinking that you're too smart to believe something unproven, irrational and untrue. Next time you get offended by something, ask yourself why. Keep asking why until you get to the core of your belief. See if it makes any sense.

You know what offends me? Cruelty, dishonesty, cowardice and willful ignorance. I think those are some much better things to be offended by than two stick-figures fucking.



P.S. If you were offended by my use of the word 'fuck'... See if you can guess what I think about that.