The press doing something stupid to sell papers? I don't believe it. Isn't that just par for the course? Whether it is Fox news running images of these riots, or Al-Jezeera running images of a bombed mosque in Iraq, or the 700 club showing images of gays at Disneyworld, this is pretty standard fare.
The person I actually think I feel the worst for is the immam from Denmark that brought the images to Egypt. Did anyone else see the interview on the Dan Abrams show? He said (and I tend to believe him, as he seemed angry and betrayed) that he brought the images to Egypt to talk the general situation over with scholars at the university there to get their opinion on what he could do politically to get the Danish government to try to stop such things (as his political attempts had failed to that point). It was not his intention to ever have the images spread or reprinted. He included the other images (not published in the paper) in the examples he brought to show that it wasn't a one-time incident, but a pattern. Unfortunately, the people he met with took the images and the story and ran with it. What has happened was not at all what he intended, and he regrets all that has transpired since then. He said that when he moved to Denmark (he said "the EU"), he readily agreed to accept the culture that was in place, including a free press and handling problems using available mechanisms (including political pressure, lawsuits, economic pressure and your own press) I actually do buy it is not all about freedom of the press. It is all about an excuse by extremists to throw a hissy-fit. On 2/10/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's not to buy? > > I thought Bush's statement on the issue was dead on: "We feel that free > speech carries with it a certain level of responsibility. Including the > responsibility to be sensitive to people's religious beliefs" (paraphrase) > > The reprinting of all those cartoons by the newspapers after the fact as a > "show of solidarity" was pretty stupid, in my opinion. > > (And for the record, i'm NOT agreeing with Gel...and any evidence to the > contrary is circumstantial at best.... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196700 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
