I'm still pretty sick of this topic, but I have a couple of comments: First of all, I had not heard this story about the imam, and it sounds true and explains a bit. So thanks for posting it.
Second of all, there is in fact, I am told, considerable xenophobia in Denmark, and there have been laws passed making it difficult for Danes to marry non-EU citizens. I believe I have previously mentioned that my oldest son lived in Denmark for a couple of years. He is quite vehement on the topic as he is a Canadian citizen and many of these laws, while directed at the Muslim population, also apply to him. He believes that the cartoons were originally published as a sort of racist incitement. So there may be some basis for frustration among Muslims. On the third hand, he also feels that there are legitimate questions about the place of markedly different subcultures in a closed society such as Denmark, which is homogenous to the point where most people are distantly related. The above is offered in hopes it may shed some light. I personally think that people are people but some here seem to think otherwise and to not want to hear other points of view. Jerry, I think I am making these comments in reply to one of your posts, so let me specifically mention, before I upset you again, that I do not mean you. >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: >> contrary is circumstantial at best.... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196864 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
