Why it’s best to keep quiet on the subject of religion
But should I? Should I dare say anything? I’m hardly Salman Rushdie, I know, but is it safe to express disgust at violence when the angry people involved are defending their religion’s honour?
Should I mention the name of the religion, or the figure this unseen-by-anyone film is said to insult? Probably best not to, in case someone doesn’t read this but riots anyway. If I were one of the almost two billion members of this famously touchy religion, I would be really cross at how my religion gets portrayed — it’s like football hooligans giving the vast majority of football supporters a bad name. Or is that a blasphemous comparison? It’s not meant to be. It’s not meant to be disrespectful, or sarcastic, or anything-phobic.
