I think it's fair to be upset about inflammatory and derogatory portrayals. It's no different than Jews getting upset about when they're portrayed as money grubbing or Christians as bumbling hicks. I support both the paper's freedom of speech as well as people's desire to be treated respectfully.
You can see all the cartoons here and read a more balanced article and make up your own mind: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/698 "...in Denmark moderate Muslims, encouraged by the government's refusal to be intimidated by the radicals, have distanced themselves from the imams. The latter announced on Friday that they no longer demand apologies from Jyllands-Posten for the publication." On 1/30/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/coflj > > Even moderate Muslims are boycotting this Danish brand in the Middle East > because of something that the company had nothing to do with- a picture of > Muhammed with a missile attached to his turban. Is that offensive? Sure. But > it has nothing to do with the company, or even with an official stance of the > government. It was just a cartoon in a privately owned newspaper. > > Is this rational behavior? I don't know. It certainly doesn't bode well for > relations with Middle Eastern countries. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195157 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
