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Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Feb 2006 18:41:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
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Hey all,
Have you guys seen
this
story? A Danish newspaper printed several cartoons of Mohammed last
September and this has led to complaints to the UN, death threats, and
boycotts of Danish goods in some Arab nations (which is how I first saw the
story on ILENN, because many of the
news stories say boycott Danish products including ... LEGO ...). Then
this morning I saw it in the Post because several other European newspapers
reran the cartoons in solidarity with the Danish paper, and apparently the
editor of one French paper got sacked over this. You can see the cartoons
in question on this
blog.
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It is a great example of the differences between freedom and
totalitarianism; of tolerance and intolerance. Unless the world of Islam
can learn to “live and let live”, there is going to be a very large and
violent cultural war in the future;
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I’m a little late in getting to this discussion,
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What took you? :-)
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so perhaps this has been
addressed already, but how is this threatened responsed fundamentally (no pun
intended) different from acrimonious boycotts by US-based religious groups
whenever an element of pop culture portrays Jesus Christ in a manner contrary
to the religious groups’ sensitivities?
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The er, fundamental difference, is that one is peaceful and law-abiding, and the
other isn’t. You can call the responses from US-based religious groups to any
given issue “acrimonious” if you want, but they are rarely violent (and if they
are violent, the violence is summarily rejected by the other religious groups).
When Muslims take to the streets in protest, guns go off, things get burned, and
people get hurt or killed.
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Granted, in that case both the
boycotters and the boycottees are usually American, but the same “thou shalt
not infringe upon my interpretation” runs through the fundamentalist
response, whether it be Christian or Muslim.
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They are entitled to their opinions, and boycotts are perfectly legal.
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I fear that the war in Iraq is only the beginning....
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If Dubya remains in office, then I fear that you’re likely correct.
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What do you mean-- beyond ‘08?? Hail, King George! Say, that has a nice ring to
it!!!!
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What happened to Saddam’s tons of WMDs, again?
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Seriously, what did happen to them? Do we agree that they actually once
existed?
JOHN
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