Re: Western standards regarding freedom of speech
I stated it earlier in the thread. I will try to recapture what I said then - or maybe my thinking may have changed a bit. So this post may be different.
American Indians African Americans holocaust victims - jews, poles gypsies lived through the torture. Wounds are fresh. And to have salt rubbed into those wounds - is making their kids and grandkids relive the experience.
Whereas Rama Krishna Narayanan - these are gods that some Hindus believe in. If the faith is strong, in an ideal situation the Hindus shoukd not care if someone is being a jerk. Also Rama, being all forgiving, would not want his followers to be hurt. He can take care of himself. The followers just need to be respectful to Rama. And not worry about others being jerks.
Since Rama can take care of Himself, I simply don’t see how a sattire on Him would hurt a follower to the same extent.