I see both sides too. I really get the press saying "You can't dictate what we print." because truly, a free press is too important and if we start bowing to various groups and letting them determine what makes it into print, then we're screwed. (Not, of course, referring to Faux News who is already screwed.)
I also see the point of the clerics and the people whose religion this is. I cannot believe that the leaders of Israel would tolerate cartoons about Jews or the Holocaust either. Only difference is, we'd all nod in horror and be pissed if it were a cartoon about the Holocaust. This current situation gets lumped into, "Oh those whacky Muslims." and that's plain wrong. Total double standard.
It's totally sad that it has developed to the point where people are being killed for this.
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Date: 2006-02-08 05:56 pm (UTC)I also see the point of the clerics and the people whose religion this is. I cannot believe that the leaders of Israel would tolerate cartoons about Jews or the Holocaust either. Only difference is, we'd all nod in horror and be pissed if it were a cartoon about the Holocaust. This current situation gets lumped into, "Oh those whacky Muslims." and that's plain wrong. Total double standard.
It's totally sad that it has developed to the point where people are being killed for this.