Defaming President Jacob Zuma
If you’re doing the whole Christmas thing, I can think of no better gift for Zuma – and your fellow South Africans – than that you keep on trying to remind our leaders that there are real problems to address, and that some of the battles Zuma and others fight in court don’t merit anyone’s attention.
Mandela’s autopsy
Freedom of expression has clear bounds, and they are bounds that the ANC agreed to when accepting the Constitution. You can call Damaso insensitive and rude for portraying a dead Mandela if you like, but he is as entitled to exercise his version of culture as you are yours.
On Zapiro, and Draw Mohammed Day
It’s not reasonable to claim that “respect for other cultures and faiths” demands that we refrain from criticism, or even ridicule, as these actions are meriting of both criticism and ridicule – perhaps in even louder voices than we currently allow ourselves.
Zapiro angers the omnipotent
The points made by Zapiro, as well as by past examples of this same issue, are a reminder to you to get your house in order, so that there is no longer any need to mock or ridicule.
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