Posted on 02/05/2006 8:17:53 AM PST by SmithL
THE CARICATURES of Muhammad that have ignited an international furor are offensive and recklessly off base in portraying the prophet as a terrorist. The cartoons lacked artistic merit or satirical sophistication. We have to wonder: What were the Danish cartoonists and the newspapers that originally decided to publish them thinking?
Still, the global reaction is far more disturbing than the editors' great lapse in taste and cultural sensitivity. The protests by Muslims demanding violent revenge against the cartoonists -- or, in some cases, against Denmark generally -- are an affront in their own right to a religion of peace. They also guaranteed that many millions of people would quickly go to the Internet to see what the fuss was all about.
Strong editorial cartoons can be outrageous, unfair and, yes, irreverent to the most sacred institutions of society -- even to the edge of blasphemy at times.
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"recklessly off base in portraying the prophet as a terrorist"
LOL!
Those San Fran-sicko's are really Huffin & Puffin their stashes too hard, too high & too early this year.
No law, of state or religion, should be allowed to become the ultimate arbiter of freedom of expression.
Did the sun come up in San Francisco today?
"Is nothing sacred?"
Certainly not in this country. Seems pretty comical, though, that the US media thinks Muhammad is sacred, while it rants about the Christian fundamentalists.
Ha ha! Yeah, the Chronicle is a bastion of both. Sheesh these people take themselves seriously!
Everyday, in every way, the MSM gets more and more unreal.
Is nothing sacred?
Where is the outrage when Muslims burn the bible. bomb churches, and occupy the birthplace of Christ, wiping their butts on pages from the bible. Screw the Muslims.
Muhammad WAS a terrorist. That is a historical fact.
Shouldn't Mohammed have been portrayed as a pedophile?
Hey,Editor...the one depicting "mohammed" wearing a turban with a bomb with a lighted fuse was:
pun *absolutely* intended!
 [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 27, 2004] |
 Sharon eats Palestinian children. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, March 22, 2004] |
 Jew is Satan. Pope says: “Peace on Earth” Satan-Jew: “Colonies on Earth” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida March 22, 2000] |
 On old man: "the 20th century" On young man: "the 21st century" Above dwarf Jew with Star of David: “The Disease of the Century” [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida Dec. 28, 1999] |
 The U.S. using Israel to hold up the Arab World |
 Star of David and Kippa (skullcap) on the Rat. Text on the cheese: “Arab Homeland” Text on the knife: “USA” [Al - Hayat Al-Jadida Aug. 20, 2001] |
 Donkey with Talit [Jewish prayer shawl] marched through streets of Ramallah. [Note - PA religious leaders and PA school books [published in 2000] compare Jews to donkeys. |
 Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 12, 2003 |
 Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 24, 2003 |
 Al-Quds (PA), July 22, 2003 |
 Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 17, 2003 |
 Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 23, 2003 |
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 Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 12, 2003. , the day after the No. 14 bus suicide bombing in Jerusalem, showing torn body parts of a man who blew up |
 The weekly Akhbar Al-Yawm published a cartoon on March 12, 2005, in which President Bush is portrayed as an angel, but with cloven hooves and a pointy tail:. |
 In light of Egyptian-U.S. tensions, Egyptian government newspapers published a number of anti-American cartoons in recent days. The daily Al-Akhbar published a cartoon on March 14, 2005, in which Bush looks in a mirror and sees the image of Adolph Hitler |
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More submissive cultural crap from the San Francisco Koranicle.
I always thought his favorite pastime was pig fornication.
How about a "pigophile"!!
What a glaring indictment of the MSM by the MSM!!! Albeit inadvertently. Millions of people going to the internet to get information!!! I love it.
You have proven that quite clearly in the attacks on the military and Christian religion.
This could be the most hypocritical editorial in the entire history of newsprint: remember, this is the newspaper that pays and prints Mark Morford.
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