Not a forgiving bunch are they?
Posted on 02/03/2006 10:36:14 PM PST by Icelander
TWELVE Danish cartoonists whose pictures sparked such outcry have gone into hiding under round-the-clock protection, fearing for their lives.
The cartoonists, many of whom had reservations about the pictures, have been shocked by how the affair has escalated into a global “clash of civilisations”. They have since tried, unsuccessfully, to stop them being reprinted.
A spokesman for the cartoonists said: “They are in hiding around Denmark. Some of them are really, really scared. They don’t want to see the pictures reprinted all over the world. We couldn’t stop it. We tried, but we couldn’t.”
Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard, president of the Danish Union of Journalists, told The Times: “They are keeping a very low profile. They are very concerned about their safety. They feel a big responsibility on their shoulders. It’s blown up so big. It is tough for them.”
The cartoonists’ names were originally printed in the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten. Flemming Rose, the paper’s cultural editor, invited 25 newspaper cartoonists to draw a picture of Muhammad “how they saw him”, after a children’s author complained that cartoonists would only dare illustrate a book he was writing on the life of Muhammad if they could be anonymous. Twelve cartoonists responded, had their pictures printed in September, and were paid 800 Danish krone (£73) each.
In an interview with a Swedish newspaper this week, some of the cartoonists expressed their doubts about the entire episode. “It felt a little like a lose-lose situation. If I said no, I was a coward who contributes to self-censorship. If I said yes, I became an irresponsible hate monger against Islam,” one of the cartoonists said.
Another said: “I was actually angry when I first received the letter [from Jyllands-Posten]. I thought it was a really bad idea. At first I didn’t want to participate, but then I talked it over with some friends from the Middle East, and they thought I should do it.”
The cartoonists come from a variety of different political backgrounds, which is reflected in their work. While some of the pictures satirise Muhammad, others attack populist right-wing politicians and even Jyllands-Posten itself, which is rightwing.
Having failed to stop the cartoons being reprinted across Europe, the cartoonists have now decided to use all the money raised from the sales of the pictures to set up a foundation which will award an annual international prize for press freedom.
Gee, looks like the only "might" the pen has is its potential to persuade the guy holding the sword.
Buck up, man. There are many good Americans that have your back. Stay with what you know. Freedom of speech and expression. Do not go soft now. You have garnered so much respect, it would be a shame to lighten up at this point in time. Else there shall not be another do-over.
Mohammed Image Archive - Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History (Updated)
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
Alas, your hypothesis may be proved correct. This would be a shame.
Cartoonists can hide and appeasing newspapers in the west can refuse to print the cartoons, and sheepish apologies can be made ad infinitum.....but none of us in the west can avoid the up and coming rumble with the Islamofascists.
They will not go away....they will not be tamed by so called moderate muslims...they will not be drowned out by freedom loving arabs dwelling in democracies that we erect for them.
In the cold war it was "better dead than red" in this war its "better a mausoleum than a muslim."
Therin is the end of the lesson (to borrow Sean Connery's line from The Untouchables). Pussification in, pussification out.
Ummm.......
That's exactly what the saying means..
---A spokesman for the cartoonists said: “They are in hiding around Denmark. Some of them are really, really scared. They don’t want to see the pictures reprinted all over the world. We couldn’t stop it. We tried, but we couldn’t.”---
What's the matter, men? Do you want to live forever?
Up and coming? Last I checked, Ranger teams were already fighting this rumble for years in Afghanistan. Additionally, you might want to check out the forums at navyseals.com as well to be updated on current (and past) events.
What an amazing, utterly unlikely headline - who could ever have predicted such an absurd turn of events?
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any religion that condemns men to die just because they portray Mohammed in a bad light is a violent one and should be eradicated from the earth.
Look at what happened with Theo Van.......
For some odd reason we don't see American artists being hounded by Mooselimbs like this.
God bless them. Let's all keep them in our prayers.
Arm these guys. But good.
That second picture is unbelieveable. Backhoe, it occurred to me that there may be something more to learn after all.
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