--- In [email protected], anon_astute_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>
> Many cultures have sacred symbols, or sinful acts -- that often 
seem
> trivial to other cultures. Creating an image of Mohammad -- in 
Islam
> is one of the latter. Seems odd to many christians. Hey its just  a
> cartoon. But let the same see a US flag burned, and they are ready 
to
> nuke the perpetrators. Another culture says, its just a piece of
> cloth, why the fuss? 
> 
> In Norway, as I recall, its an intolerable crime to insult the 
king,
> even as a joke.

The stand-up comedian have making jokes of the King for years. It is 
not looked at as a crime at all in Norway. Sometimes you need jokes 
about "holy" things or dogmas simply to put an eye on it - to maybe 
start a process of discussion and through discussions make changes. 
Ingegerd









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