I'm an infidel, and darn proud of it.
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2/13/2008 10:16 AM
Captain's Quarters wrote:
Danish newspapers have demonstrated solidarity with Kurt Westergaard and Jyllands-Posten today. After the arrests of conspirators determined to assassinate the editorial cartoonist, the other newspapers in Denmark today have reprinted the cartoon that aroused the ire of Muslims in the first place. They want to make the point that no one can intimidate them into silence: Newspapers in Denmark Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago. The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people who allegedly were plotting a "terror-related assassination" of Kurt Westergaard, one of the cartoonist behind the drawings. Berlingske Tidende, one of the newspapers involved in the republication, said: "We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend," in comments reported by The... -
2/13/2008 3:26 PM
Rhymes With Right wrote:
Their media will not be intimidated by the threats of Muslims. Denmark�s three main newspapers will take the provocative step today of reprinting a cartoon showing the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb instead of a turban after the arrest yesterday...
I was just about to do this. Today, we are all Danes.
And on that note, I think I'll have a danish.
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Someone told me that Mohammed was prominently featured in an old "South Park" episode years ago before any of this hullaballoo started.
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I think I saw that episode. If memory serves, there was a superhero-style council called the SuperBestFriends which included Mo, Moses, Jesus, Buddha and a couple of others. I don't remember any rioting.
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