Is nothing sacred?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/5/6 | EDITOR

[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.

[jordan8]

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.

Can't make it up.

[razorback-bert]

Ah, FR learn a new word all the time.

Main Entry: fris·son
Pronunciation: frE-'sOn
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural frissons /-'sOn(z)/
Etymology: French, shiver, from Old French friçon, from Late Latin friction-, frictio, from Latin, literally, friction (taken in Late Latin as derivative of frigEre to be cold)
: a brief moment of emotional excitement

[Fido969]

Is nothing sacred?

Ask Ted Rall.

[watchin]

It is absurd, isn't it?

[SeaBiscuit]

"I haven't heard a word from the ACLU liberals defending freedom of speech and the press."

Right, the ACLU only defends free speech when it concerns bashing Christians or Heterosexuals.

[bert]

The whole point of being liberal is to divorce oneself from any thing sacred.

If one is liberal it logically follows that nothing is sacred.

[muir_redwoods]

The difference between islam and all other religions is, all other religions tolerate blasphemy from non-believers knowing that it is a matter between the blasphemer and G-d. In effect, such blasphemy as committed by Andres Serrano with his stupid work called Piss Christ is merely a fool digging a home in hell. Christians are offended by it but it is a matter for the "artist" to explain to his G-d.

islam has the ridiculous idea that we care what they think. No one but a fool cares what islam teaches or requires.

[randita]

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.

Ummm...I think the moniker "religion of peace" is wearing a bit thin. People are just not fooled by that anymore.

[Teacher317]

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?

Maybe, Ms. Editor, you should actually do a little journalistic research. (I know, I know, that isn't popular in your line of work these days. Sorry.) They were printed to protest the fact that publishers and authors had a tough time finding illustrators who felt that they would not be in danger for daring to draw images of Mohammed, the insane pedophile, p!55 be upon him.

[EGPWS]

THE CARICATURES of Muhammad that have ignited an international furor are offensive and recklessly off base in portraying the prophet as a terrorist.

The Danish were just catering and trying to find a "shoe that fit's" and have achieved their goal in spades.

[Tennessee_Bob]

You know - I was wondering when someone would mention the world wide riots, the embassy burnings, and the death threats that were a result of Piss Christ and Black Madonna. Oh - wait - those things didn't happen, and those examples were defended by the MSM as "art" and as freedom of speech.

[Lorianne]

...great lapse in taste and cultural sensitivity

Yeah, unlike the great taste and cultural sensitivity exhibited in Gay Pride parades.

[skeptoid]

Here's a snip from the MM page at sfgate.com. I think the dildo revolver at the bottom of the page says a lot about his relevance.

snip Mark Morford is a columnist for sfgate.com. He is also a yoga teacher and fiction writer and an outstanding parallel parker and fervent wine devotee and former smoker and former LA rock-god wannabe and careful insinuator and occasional unfair mudslinger and frequent skeptic and sporadic true believer and paradoxical contrarian and tattooed love-monkey and vehement non-conservative and casual coffee drinker and ardent dog lover and medium sleeper and comparison shopper and funky subtle prurient neo-pagan gleaner of screaming delicious naked nuances. snip

[eleni121]

San Fran-sicko MSM has succumbed to the pandemic called Dumbitis.

The post modernist delusions have infected these media writers who know absolutely nothing of the world except through the msm...a revolving vicious cycle.

[Hillarys nightmare]

"The cartoons lacked artistic merit or satirical sophistication."

Artistic merit? Satirical sopohistication?

The old gaurd still think that "they" set the standards in America don't they?

[Little Ray]

Gee, they didn't get this upset when Christians rioted after a crucifix in urine was displayed as art; or the Virgin Mary was depicted covered in elephant sh!t.

Oh, I forgot, there were no riots. Nor were there any editorials against this in the liberal lamestream media. Folks who complained were just accused of "censorship."