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When the cartoonist's pen is mightier than the sword (even Europe’s left is finally fed up)
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| February 7, 2006
| James Button
Posted on 02/06/2006 7:21:19 AM PST by dead
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It is impossible to see how the cartoon wars have nudged the larger struggle in the right direction.
It has further clarified the dividing battle line between western civilization and islam, for those whose vision is as weak as their intellect. By that, I mean people like European and American leftists.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:21:21 AM PST
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dead
To: dead
you gotta link to the stupid Danish cartoons? I haven't even seen them.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:23:18 AM PST
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Huck
(Roe/Kelo: You have a right to privacy IN your bedroom; you just don't have a right TO your bedroom.)
To: dead
To: AmericanMade1776
that was suppose to be HA!but Hi anyway!
To: AmericanMade1776
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:25:24 AM PST
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dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:25:48 AM PST
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soccer_maniac
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To: dead
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:25:53 AM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
To: Huck
you gotta link to the stupid Danish cartoons? I haven't even seen them.We could show you, but we'd have to kill you.
/islamist mode
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:27:15 AM PST
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SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: dead
I like it much better than Indonesian Muslim cartoons...
To: dead
But the right to free speech does not exist in isolation from other values, such as empathy and respect. Three items - ALL of which are two-way streets.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:29:29 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: dead
To: SlowBoat407
To: AmericanMade1776
To: soccer_maniac
BRAVO and KUDOS for Denmark having the GUTS to post a cartoon after the bruhaha in 2004 but I dunno which of those Mullahs started the riots...yet...do you know?
To: dead
I think the burning of France last summer might have had more to do with the sudden ferociousness of Europe than September 11 ever did, not to mention the London bombings.
September 11 was a largely Anglo-American affair. People forget that the Brits lost over 300 in the attacks, their largest single-day loss of life since WWII, and 10% of the total.
We have predicted here that the French wouldn't get serious until it was the Eiffel Tower. Well, the ROP didn't get the Tower, but they burned a lot and were threatening to move into the city center and burn it. I think that woke a lot of people who had still been asleep, dreaming multicultural dreams and singing "We Are The World."
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:40:26 AM PST
by
Flavius Josephus
(Enemy Idealogies: Pacifism, Liberalism, and Feminism, Islamic Supremacism)
To: dead
Victory could mean a new form of Islam, comfortable with secularism, pluralism, dissent and women's rights. If this were to happen, they would not be able to call it Islam any more.
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02/06/2006 7:48:16 AM PST
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Mark17
To: dead
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02/06/2006 7:52:18 AM PST
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charrisGOP
("Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things." --Henry Ward Beecher)
To: dead
But the right to free speech does not exist in isolation from other values, such as empathy and respect.
I respect other religions even if I do not follow them. Hey, the Buddists were very tolerant when the Taliban blew up their ancient statues in Afghanistan. That must have really hurt them to see the image that they respect so much being disfigured. But I didn't see Buddists rioting and killing. It made me respect the Buddists even more because they have a handle on their belief and do not take the actions of a few out on so many others.
Those of us who follow the Christian faith had good cause to be offended with a crucifix in a jar of urine or a painting of the Virgin Mary with elephant dung on her. I was plenty worked up. However, my faith tells me to turn the other cheek. I cannot respect a religion where a great many of the followers believe that killing, suicide etc. is the way to salvation. I just do not accept it.
To: SlowBoat407
lol. is this the dumbest controversy ever?
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:53:49 AM PST
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Huck
(Roe/Kelo: You have a right to privacy IN your bedroom; you just don't have a right TO your bedroom.)
To: dead
Time for America to harden it's immigration policies.
Every year hundreds of thousands are granted visas to work in the United States and or obtain an education.
Many of the H1 visa holders enter US residencies as doctors.
Many of these H1 visa holders have a very anti-American view of this country.
A few foreign countries are starting to dominate these residency programs to the detriment of the medical profession.
For instance doctors from India dominate most every residency program where IMG's are allowed to practice medicine.
They do this by taking jobs as program directors jobs and then making sure that other IMG residency jobs are filled by fellow countrymen.
Sort of like the take over of the motel industry.
It's time to take a long hard look at who we let into this country.
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posted on
02/06/2006 7:54:41 AM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(There's nothing like hearing someone say thank you for your help.)
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