Cartoonist: We don't apologize for opinions

Toronto Star ^ | Feb. 3, 2006 | FRANCINE KOPUN

[libstripper]

You would think that after drafting an editorial cartoon that brought the wrath of Islam down on his head, a man would think twice about stepping back into the fray.

But Doug Marlette, a Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist from North Carolina, says he admires the European newspapers that are defending their right to publish controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

"This is a war of two cultures, it's really a war, and it's really important that in the West we stand up for these hard-won freedoms and that we stand up to bullying and intimidation in the name of sensitivity," Marlette said. "No one is more intolerant than people demanding tolerance, that's been my experience."

[TexasGreg]

Amazing .... all these violent protests are PROVING the cartoon's truth.

[sono]

From the Chicago Sun Times

[TomGuy]

It seems they have a rich history of that kind of imagery:

[Ouderkirk]