Drawing Conclusions--WHAT THE CARTOONS HAVE REVEALED.

New Republic Online ^ | 2-8-06 | Martin Peretz

[SJackson]

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[Zeppo]

FYI, the source is listed as National Review Online, however the link is to The New Republic...

[SJackson]

Thanks, I'll ask to have it corrected.

[ncountylee]

Spoke to the store manager of a regional specialty grocery chain and suggested they set up a display of Danish products carried to help customers support the Danes.

He seemed receptive but could only pass the suggestion "up the line."

[vimto]

I like that last paragraph. It bigs us up in Europe - heck, we need a bit of biggin' up.

kind regards

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

The point over the Piss piece and the Dung canvas was about public money and public support. My tax dollars should not be spent in those ways especially when courts demand that any positive image or expression of Christ -- say in a nativity scene -- should be banished from public buildings and never touch public funds. There is some major hypocrisy in the application of the First Amendment. Give me back my positive religious expression rights and then I'll shut up about the piss and dung nonsense. But it flatly is not fair that you can bash Jesus but you can't praise him.

No one that I can recall ever said that the "art" should be illegal to produce. And no one rioted over the issue.

[2banana]

You know, since the combined output of all the middle east (taking out oil) is less than that of Finland - these boycotts can only go so far - they don't make anything and must purchase most of their goods from someone.

[freebilly]

a European-Arab website--in retaliation, I suppose--has just put out a cartoon showing Anne Frank and Hitler in bed.

Well, obviously someone, somewhere, sees some kind of connection that is hidden from non-Islamofascists....

[VOA]

bump

[Blind Eye Jones]

"But it flatly is not fair that you can bash Jesus but you can't praise him."

Perfect!

[js1138]

Time to look for and buy Danish products.

[ark_girl]

What do the Danes make that we sell over here?

[hsalaw]

Here's a hint: those whose habits have not yet caught up with the Magna Carta or the Declaration of the Rights of Man The "protesters" are still mired in the 8th Century.

[tx_eggman]

You know, since the combined output of all the middle east (taking out oil) is less than that of Finland - these boycotts can only go so far - they don't make anything and must purchase most of their goods from someone.

As Johan Goldberg pointed out in his latest article ... the Muslim boycott of Danish goods will have no impact at all on the sale of Danish hams ....

[bayourant]

[js1138]

baby back ribs.

[jagusafr]

"So, let them not depict him. But Christians and Jews, Hindus and Buddhists are not prohibited, and I assume that the Danish cartoonists were not Muslims"

Have you heard the Muslim spokesman who said he demands that "new rules" be established in Europe that make everybody play by Muslim standards? Gimme a break! Sounds a little bit like the homosexual activist civil-rightsers right here in the US of A...

[Billthedrill]

We wouldn't in any case: It would only bring more people into the circle of peril. If you're really interested you can find them on the web on your own.

Yes, and thank God for the internet. Aside from the blatant cowardice implicit in that statement it is inaccurate as well - peril shared is peril diluted. But check this one out:

But the European polis is not altogether controlled by the big corporations. The Europeans still have an attachment to their liberties, including their press liberties.

Nor is the American polis. And it isn't corporate control that is the issue here, it is the self-confessed cowardice of the author that is the issue.

The American press gets a big, fat zero from this pen. I am absolutely appalled at its craven submission and at its desperate intellectual backflips such as this author's to blame Bush or the corporations for it.