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Norwegian newspaper publishes new Muhammad caricatures
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 03:52 pm |
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/1051277/2010/01/08/Noorse-krant-publiceert-opnieuw-Mohammed-karikaturen.dhtml
After the failed attack on the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten Friday´s controversial Mohammed caricatures and other drawings of the Prophet reprint. This newspaper wanted to show her readers what it really is, "said editor Hilde Haugsgjerd. Last week, a suspected Islamist Somalia from the Danish cartoonist in his house attacked. The artist could until the arrival of the police in a room entrench. Indignation The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 had twelve caricatures of Muhammad published by various artists. That provoked the Muslim world in a wave of indignation, which degenerated into riots and demonstrations. In Islam, the image of the Prophet Muhammad prohibited. Press freedom The cartoons also led to a discussion on media and press freedom. "We have always defended the right to publish these drawings, and we also have copies printed when the debate erupted in 2005," said Haugsgjerd.
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 06:01 pm |
There is a saying in Turkish: "Now that you don´t know how to swim, why the hell did you climb on that tree." It is surely an equivocal expression and it explains the situation Westergarrd is in.
Westergaard and his followers pioneer a defiant movement whose apparent purpose is to exercise freedom of expression by way of depicting Mohammad as a terrorist. They know that the defiant movement they started have already claimed lives. True they may not be held directly responsible for that but any sane person with a constructive attitude would at least accept that issueing those cartoons will not amount to anything other than pouring gas on the fire of ignorance.
One would also expect a man like him to be a bit bold now that he is waging a war against the backward half of the world. Now this guy has an armoured chamber in his house. That is quite normal. He feels threatened therefore he has every right to protect himself as much as he can.
His granddaughter happens to be with him in his house the day his house was attacked by an angry idiot. This guy leaves the granddaughter in the living room and he locks himself up in the armoured chamber alone. What a dauntless defender of freedom! At this point, we remember the Turkish saying in the first paragraph. It fits here quite nicely. It also explains a few other things. This guy must be aware of the anti-Islamic sentiment in Europe. He knows how public support is won. After all politicians are using the same method for winning elections.
I don´t have the ego to launch myself as the patron of freedoms but if a murderer breaks in my house, he cannot touch my granddaughter before he treads on my corpse and period...
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/1051277/2010/01/08/Noorse-krant-publiceert-opnieuw-Mohammed-karikaturen.dhtml
After the failed attack on the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten Friday´s controversial Mohammed caricatures and other drawings of the Prophet reprint. This newspaper wanted to show her readers what it really is, "said editor Hilde Haugsgjerd. Last week, a suspected Islamist Somalia from the Danish cartoonist in his house attacked. The artist could until the arrival of the police in a room entrench. Indignation The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 had twelve caricatures of Muhammad published by various artists. That provoked the Muslim world in a wave of indignation, which degenerated into riots and demonstrations. In Islam, the image of the Prophet Muhammad prohibited. Press freedom The cartoons also led to a discussion on media and press freedom. "We have always defended the right to publish these drawings, and we also have copies printed when the debate erupted in 2005," said Haugsgjerd.
Edited (1/8/2010) by vineyards
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 06:48 pm |
...haven´t seen smth as stupid as this video for pretty long time...
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 07:00 pm |
...he took the granddaughter with him in the chamber. That´s what he and other people said in an interview at least. The reaction that I liked after the original cartoon drama, was that of the anti-jewish cartoon contest:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C02%5C17%5Cstory_17-2-2006_pg4_8
And what is mostr striking, is that the whole BIG deal about the cartoons started a LONG time after they were published...
On another note...
WHAT? Making Jezus do YMCA? Who are these guys who did this? Let´s kill them!
Edited (1/8/2010) by barba_mama
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 07:25 pm |
...haven´t seen smth as stupid as this video for pretty long time...
I agree.
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 07:41 pm |
But begining part is good...isnt it ?
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 07:54 pm |
I support free speech...but why, WHY....would somebody purposely inflame the muslim world? Why do people INSIST that insulting someone is a freedom of expression. On the other hand, this cartoon brought home the very point the cartoonist was trying to make - that there are some people who are so crazily blinded by religion that they would actually kill someone over a cartoon. It seems to me that everyone has a lot of time on their hands to inflame, insult, get angry, plan an assassination...blah, blah...why not put ALL THIS ENERGY into making the world a better place, instead of the cespool of raw emotion that it has become?
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 08:08 pm |
I support free speech...but why, WHY....would somebody purposely inflame the muslim world? Why do people INSIST that insulting someone is a freedom of expression. On the other hand, this cartoon brought home the very point the cartoonist was trying to make - that there are some people who are so crazily blinded by religion that they would actually kill someone over a cartoon. It seems to me that everyone has a lot of time on their hands to inflame, insult, get angry, plan an assassination...blah, blah...why not put ALL THIS ENERGY into making the world a better place, instead of the cespool of raw emotion that it has become?
+ 100000000!
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08 Jan 2010 Fri 10:23 pm |
I support free speech...but why, WHY....would somebody purposely inflame the muslim world? Why do people INSIST that insulting someone is a freedom of expression.
But it is freedom of expression.. and I think it´s not the point to "purposely inflame the muslim world", but to mock what some people actually think are irrational beliefs. I think that the problem is that religion gets a free ride on "respect", even though it often times proves that it doesn´t deserve respect. Any other ideology is criticized and bashed without any problems, religion is just another belief/philosophical system that should not be immune to criticism and mockery. It´s blinded people who think that there are some evil people out tehre whose only goal in life is to "provoke them" (which always makes me laugh when I hear this, it´s like these people admit that they have no control of their behavior.. ).
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