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kaitouThis article makes me So Very Angry. I just...I can't even type coherently.
How about a little sympathy for Mr. Westergaard and the people who share his name that have to be under police protection because of extremist religion? Especially as the images found most offfensive in the Akkari-Laban dossier weren't Westergaard's cartoons, or even cartoons at all. The Danish imams added some truly disgusting images, far beyond what would be printed in any paper (a dog raping a praying Muslim), and went as far as making up some of their own (doctoring a photo of a contestant from a French pig squealing competition). They were stirring up far greater controversy, anger and hatred than the original article could have ever generated.
Should Jyllands-Posten have published the cartoons in the first place? I lean towards no, personally. I think that satire and mocking is ok. But my understanding is that most branches of Islam prohibit depicting Muhammad. So running a group of cartoons called 'the face of Muhammad' is pretty poor taste. That doesn't mean you kill people. That doesn't mean you stir up hatred. And, Nancy Holm, you certainly don't say that the Danes were asking for it by being atheist.
...dang it, where's my 'fong you' icon when I need it?
How about a little sympathy for Mr. Westergaard and the people who share his name that have to be under police protection because of extremist religion? Especially as the images found most offfensive in the Akkari-Laban dossier weren't Westergaard's cartoons, or even cartoons at all. The Danish imams added some truly disgusting images, far beyond what would be printed in any paper (a dog raping a praying Muslim), and went as far as making up some of their own (doctoring a photo of a contestant from a French pig squealing competition). They were stirring up far greater controversy, anger and hatred than the original article could have ever generated.
Should Jyllands-Posten have published the cartoons in the first place? I lean towards no, personally. I think that satire and mocking is ok. But my understanding is that most branches of Islam prohibit depicting Muhammad. So running a group of cartoons called 'the face of Muhammad' is pretty poor taste. That doesn't mean you kill people. That doesn't mean you stir up hatred. And, Nancy Holm, you certainly don't say that the Danes were asking for it by being atheist.
...dang it, where's my 'fong you' icon when I need it?
