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Thursday, February 02, 2006

us vs them

There have recently been a couple stories involving political cartoons. I thought it was just fascinating to see how stark the differences are between the reactions in each situation.

On the one hand, you've got the situation with the Danish cartoons that depict the Prophet Mohammad in an unflattering way. The reaction?


In Paris, the daily newspaper France Soir fired its managing editor after it republished the caricatures Wednesday, and in Pakistan protesters marched chanting "Death to Denmark" and "Death to France."

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying the cartoons -- one depicting the founder of Islam wearing a turban resembling a bomb --showed press freedom should have its limits

...

"The cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad are an attack on our spiritual values. There should be a limit to press freedom," the state Anatolian news agency quoted Erdogan as telling French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy during talks in Ankara.

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In continuing protests, Palestinian gunmen shut the European Union office Thursday in Gaza City, writing on the door that the office would remain closed until the Europeans apologize to Muslims, Palestinian security sources told CNN.

Wearing masks, the men -- from Islamic Jihad and the al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah -- fired bullets into the air and one of them read demands.

...

Palestinian officials said the gunmen were threatening to kidnap European workers if the European Union did not apologize.

So basically, masked gunmen are closing down buildings and threatening to kidnap people and Muslim leaders are now calling for limits on freedom of the press.

On the other hand, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the USA (imagine the guns they could rally) are upset over a cartoon using the image of a severely wounded American soldier and just guess what kind of mayhem they're causing. C'mon, just guess!

They wrote a letter.

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