Zombie Mohammed is an asshat

[dead0man]

pick one
The gist of it is:
An atheist activist dressed up as Zombie Mohammed for a parade in lily white Mechanicsburg PA. 
A Muslim man happened upon the parade, saw Zombie Mohammed and attacked the atheist.
The prosecutors go for a harassment charge instead of an assault charge.
The judge says it's a "he said she said" issue (despite denying the victim the ability to show a video of the assault) and throws the case out.
The atheist illegally audio tapes the court proceedings, releases them with a transcript that clearly doesn't say what is actually on the tape.


Obviously everybody involved is a douche, but still weird that it's ok to attack somebody in front of dozens of witnesses and get off on it because you were insulted.

[dead0man]

Although given the Over the Top response from many muslims to the Mohammad cartoons in a Danish newspaper a few years back, it could be argued from a utilitarian perspective that this is the best outcome possible.

Self censorship out of fear is just as bad (maybe worse) than state sponsored censorship.  We shouldn't stop doing something because some asshats get violent, we should ALL start doing it.