The UN, EU, Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, and all the rich Arabs have decided some religions and people are more free than others.
Hard to believe some months-old cartoons could be used successfully as propaganda by people who support a new Holocaust, but that's our brave new world.
The end of freedom, most importantly freedom of expression, is on the line and the mainstream media is fighting to be the best dhimmis they can be.
A few blogs have said that CNN showed some of the cartoons, but the images were blurred, so as not to offend anyone. I like what the Stockholm Spectator Blog STAMBORD had to say about this: The Cowards in Atlanta
I've been thinking about this "cartoon Mohammed thing," trying to find some personal understanding, perhaps through comparison to our own "western" culture.
Most "normal" non-muslim nations have some limits on what is deemed illegal, distasteful, or just too out of bounds to publish. I believe U.S. papers won't show explicit nudity or sex acts; they also won't show racial or religious stuff that might be deemed too provocative or hateful. For the most part, however, what controls what they print is what they think will sell or NOT sell. No publisher seeks to alienate their buying audience. So, we protest by NOT buying the paper or by writing a letter. We DON'T march in the streets demanding the "death" of an entire nation until our demands are met!
In this new polarized world of muslims and non-muslims everything has changed. I KNOW I've seen political cartoons featuring Mohammed in the past, but NOW its a big deal, a matter of life and death. We westerners are shocked that muslims could possibly insist that we change our culture to accomodate them! Muslims seem to be every bit as positive that their Islamic precepts demand that we tippy-toe around THEM, and do so right in our OWN countries! The gall!
And the more I consider the situation the more I SEETHE with anger! This "little" matter shows me that our two cultures are completely untenable. I could never stomach living in a place controlled by Sharia law; it would be impossible. Yet they have the temerity to tell us in OUR countries (and today I speak as a Dane!) that we must comply with the tenets of THEIR religion?
This seemingly small matter should serve as ANOTHER wakeup call to all freedom loving peoples that our two cultures do NOT mix! It should be apparent to anyone half paying attention that islamic countries like pakistan and saudi arabia are NOT free! And on this site, boy is that ever preaching to the choir!
Just the same, isn't it just as obvious that free countries need to end all islamic immigration? These people do not understand, nor will they ever accept, our concept of no holds barred free speech, that no one and no "deity" is offlimits when it comes to self-expression and the media.
This tempest also points out that we need to find ways to extricate ourselves from the ONLY thing we need from these fanatics--OIL! The Israelis have it right--build a wall and ne'er the twain shall meet. There is no other way. They are oil and we are water...
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The UN, EU, Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton, and all the rich Arabs have decided some religions and people are more free than others.
Hard to believe some months-old cartoons could be used successfully as propaganda by people who support a new Holocaust, but that's our brave new world.
The end of freedom, most importantly freedom of expression, is on the line and the mainstream media is fighting to be the best dhimmis they can be.
What does it say when the French publish these cartoons, but no newpsaper in the U.S dares to do so?
It says we are further down the road to dhimmitude than we ever thought we were.
I hope some US newspapers print all the cartoons. I think a German newspaper printed them, but I haven't yet heard about a boycott on Mercedes.
The New York Sun has, and supposedly this weekend, the LA Times will.
Drudge has one of them.
*CORRECTION* Drudge also has a link to all of them.
Check it them out here.
I Support Denmark
In it's struggle for Freedom of Speech.
Sign the Petition NOW!
Felix, make it a link! So you don’t mess up the page width.
Here’s what felix said:
Check out todays's UK Daily Telegraph editorial. Finally a little straight talk, prompted by the cartoon issue.
"Those Muslims who cannot tolerate the openness and robustness of intellectual debate in the West have perhaps chosen to live in the wrong culture."
Telegraph editorial.
A few blogs have said that CNN showed some of the cartoons, but the images were blurred, so as not to offend anyone. I like what the Stockholm Spectator Blog STAMBORD had to say about this:
The Cowards in Atlanta
I think that there's a lot of support out there for free speech. I've posted on this same issue and gotten my busiest traffic ever.
Though some of it has been from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Bahrain, Morocco...
Jeffery Hodges
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I've been thinking about this "cartoon Mohammed thing," trying to find some personal understanding, perhaps through comparison to our own "western" culture.
Most "normal" non-muslim nations have some limits on what is deemed illegal, distasteful, or just too out of bounds to publish. I believe U.S. papers won't show explicit nudity or sex acts; they also won't show racial or religious stuff that might be deemed too provocative or hateful. For the most part, however, what controls what they print is what they think will sell or NOT sell. No publisher seeks to alienate their buying audience. So, we protest by NOT buying the paper or by writing a letter. We DON'T march in the streets demanding the "death" of an entire nation until our demands are met!
In this new polarized world of muslims and non-muslims everything has changed. I KNOW I've seen political cartoons featuring Mohammed in the past, but NOW its a big deal, a matter of life and death. We westerners are shocked that muslims could possibly insist that we change our culture to accomodate them! Muslims seem to be every bit as positive that their Islamic precepts demand that we tippy-toe around THEM, and do so right in our OWN countries! The gall!
And the more I consider the situation the more I SEETHE with anger! This "little" matter shows me that our two cultures are completely untenable. I could never stomach living in a place controlled by Sharia law; it would be impossible. Yet they have the temerity to tell us in OUR countries (and today I speak as a Dane!) that we must comply with the tenets of THEIR religion?
This seemingly small matter should serve as ANOTHER wakeup call to all freedom loving peoples that our two cultures do NOT mix! It should be apparent to anyone half paying attention that islamic countries like pakistan and saudi arabia are NOT free! And on this site, boy is that ever preaching to the choir!
Just the same, isn't it just as obvious that free countries need to end all islamic immigration? These people do not understand, nor will they ever accept, our concept of no holds barred free speech, that no one and no "deity" is offlimits when it comes to self-expression and the media.
This tempest also points out that we need to find ways to extricate ourselves from the ONLY thing we need from these fanatics--OIL! The Israelis have it right--build a wall and ne'er the twain shall meet. There is no other way. They are oil and we are water...
Still no images ... I'm getting convinced that no U.S publisher would have published Salman Rushdie had he written 'The Satanic Verses' today
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