....a fucking cartoon...are you shitting me?

Feb 06, 2006 14:37

Ok, I think it's about time I put my 2 cents in about this whole idiotic ordeal over a freakin cartoon ( Read more... )

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kerplunkymonkey February 6 2006, 20:02:07 UTC
I can understand being offended by the cartoon because it was published by a state publication. It would be pretty shitty of a state institution to advocate disrespect of any religious figure. Expressing this and requesting an apology is one thing, that I can respect. Violence and threats is ridiculous, and based on the cartoon, makes the situation ironic. Jeez.

Speaking of racist cartoons: the crows from Dumbo? Honestly. Hehe.

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theeternalabyss February 8 2006, 20:28:50 UTC
Jyllands-Posten, the publication in question, isn't a state publication, it's an independent newspaper.

Here's a wiki article about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten

In fact the governements involved aren't advocating anything, except free speech. They apologized (to my knowledge) about the cartoons, but they also said, it's part of what free speech/freedom of the press is about and they can't control private entities.

The thing is that the muslim world is using this for their agenda.

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