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> That show was blasphemy!
The concept of blasphemy (the action of speaking sacrilegiously about a god or the sacred) may speak to you, but it explicitly does not exist in secular France [i]. In France, religions are treated as mere ideas, and like all ideas, they can be examined, praised, criticized, and even mocked. In the eyes of the secular French republic, no text or religious icon deserves special protection, no matter how holy to some.
That aspect of freedom of speech is as foundational to the French as the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is to Americans.
Of course, people whose identity is rooted in faith might take offense at that, which leads me to... 2/9 6 replies
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Useful and broad thread overview, thanks
As a French person, I get frustrated that laïcité ends up being an excuse for not respecting that there can be beliefs that are a core part of others identity, sacred even. I’m a partisan of full free speech, but being responsible for negative outcomes of what I say., and knowing when to say nothing.
People are free to do what they want in their circle, but I’m not paying taxes so we can insult a bunch of Christians, locally and around the world
This “idiosyncracy” was indeed courageous, but the British meaning of courageous ie. a miss
The end reality is its a small circle of Parisian organisers, imposing their world view instead of trying to be as inclusive as possible and fitting into Olympian spirit
Lots of good parts to the ceremony though, that final bit with Céline Dion on Eiffel Tower was mad good 0 reply
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