Mad at the Mona Lisa

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 2/12/2006 | Mark Houser

[Pittsburgh guy]

Rioters burning Danish flags and Danish embassies in the Middle East are not just reacting to newspaper cartoons of Muhammad.

They're also angry about the Mona Lisa, a chair and a bearded lady.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

"I am certain that not only millions, but hundreds of millions, of Muslims are ready and willing to sacrifice their lives in order to defend the honor of their prophet. And you are among them," Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah told an audience.


This should grab every non-muslims attention. I believe it is a true statement and is representative of most Muslims despite what we hear about the "religion of peace".

[dead]

[MarxSux]

Them plucky Danes. Gotta love 'em.

[FreedomFarmer]

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

"I've seen this chair on Al-Jazeera," Wivel said.

Which reminds me....

How long until a grilled-cheese sandwich bearing Mo's image shows up on E-Bay?

[razorback-bert]

"There is an overlap between free speech and free faith, and we must find the solution. I think you may agree with me that if we exclude some holy symbols like Muhammad, Jesus and Moses, we do no harm to the freedom of speech," he said.

No mention of Buddha, oh yea, they already tore those statutes down.

[kokonut]

Indeed. Here's one cartoon that kind of sums it up that everybody can understand. Well, except maybe for the stuck on stupid types.
http://kokonutpundits.blogspot.com/2006/02/cartoon-that-everybody-can-understand.html