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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[ame-chan.livejournal.com]

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.

[donaithnen.livejournal.com]

Now they're arguing about whether earlier cartoons about jesus were turned down by the same newspaper because they were offensive or because they just weren't any good.