Further thoughts on the Mohammed cartoons
Rambling here. I’m piecing together several points on the subject of these cartoons.
The only argument I see towards not publishing them, “for fear of offending…” is if they were considered for editorial use. While originally they were editorial statements, they are news now. Period. The story is bigger than the cartoons. See point 2 below.
Love the NYTimes today. The Old Grey Hag runs a story on the cartoons titled “A Startling New Lesson in the Power of Imagery.” Not surprising, they completely miss the boat on what really is happening. But hey, the house Duranty built can’t stray from the course…
1) The NYTimes will not run the Mohammed cartoons even in a neutral news sense, but it will run an image of the “dung virgin Mary” to illustrate how it raised the ire of Christians. We all remember the anger, burnings, and violence on that day, right? </sarcasm>
2) The cartoons were published last September. Why the outrage now? Because radical Danish imams have been touring the Mid East with these cartoons and three fake ones that never ran, stirring up the sheep, so to say. The Muslim Brotherhood led much of the protests, quickly followed by two other radical Islamic groups. Not wanting to be left out, Syria and Iran soon followed. There are no protests of any size in those states allowed unless the state allows them.
3) The anger is not about the images. Islam allows for humor, self-satire, and imagery of Mohammed. The Islamic world throughout time has instances of such things. The Times, and the other ignorant Media types are missing the boat. They are being led into a trap of cultural proportions. By not focusin on what really is going on, they play right into the Radislamists hands. Islam gets special treatment, everyone else takes it up the wahoo.
Got dhimmi?
