cartoons

[merchimerch]

I want to chime in on the whole cartoon/Islam thing. I really see both sides. People should be respectful of one another - that is what it comes down to for me. People should not print incindiary things (even if it is their constitutional right to do so), and people should not incite riots over incindiary things. What scares me is that I've heard that when this first came out in the Danish press, a group of upset clerics wanted to take a meeting with the editors of the paper and were refused. If that piece of heresay is true, this is even sadder than it seems.

The bottom line for me is that people are being killed over cartoons. That is a huge tragedy no matter who you side with.

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[donaithnen.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think though that although lots of people would think similar cartoons about jews or the holocaust would be in bad taste there wouldn't actually be widespread riots about them. There's certainly nothing wrong with the "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" attitude.