[BCrago66]

The above is published in The New York Observer, another New York "alternative" newspaper which, to my knowledge, did not publish the Danish cartoons.

[Nateman]

Sounds like another dying gasp from the antique press.

[Chgogal]

Good for them. It's OK for the MSM to demean the US Troops week after week with the Abu Grabit (sp. intentional) headlines, but twelve measly cartoons depicting Mohammad in a poor light of which three were purposefully put in by a radical imam is disgusting. The newspaper could have made a nice story about that using those three pictures.

[TheLion]

These papers only have the guts to slam Republicans and not much else.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Having been ordered at the 11th hour to pull the now-infamous Danish cartoons from an issue dedicated to them, the editorial group—consisting of myself, managing editor Tim Marchman, arts editorJonathan Leaf and one-man city hall bureau Azi Paybarah, chose instead to resign our positions"..."We have no illusions about the power of the Press (NY Press, we mean), but even on the far margins of the world-historical stage, we are not willing to side with the enemies of the values we hold dear, a free press not least among them.

That would be a refreshing change. And I admire the use of the otherwise absent spine. It would be nice if this was a permanent shift towards responsible, truthful journalism, respect and support for the nation you live in, and support for the nation's leader and his efforts to put an end to terrorism sponsored by the Islamic fundamentalism which is now treading on the powers and freedom of the press. Until now, media has done everything to support the enemy of freedom, and covered up the brutality and intent of it . Now that you are recieving the "reward" for the effort, I hope it opens more eyes in the industry as to what we are really dealing with in this world.

[Rick_Michael]

Personally I would ignore the cartoons, and just show a picture of the jackasses burning down buildings, threatening to kill people, and some actually do such.

[Socratic]

"people willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both" -B. Franklin

[Jack Hammer]

The owners would fire those publishers, but they need the eggs. Bpuck-bpuck-pbuck-bedaaaaack!

[LK44-40]

One of the more absurd moments in this fiasco was a GB official (Jack Straw, I think) lauding Fleet Street for its sensitivity when it cowered. That is something like citing the World Wrestling Federation for elegance.

[mc6809e]

There is an ever-growing split on the left over these cartoons.

You have the free-speechers versus the PC cops.

[RetSignman]

Is this the same press who would defend to the death the right of an artist to display Christ in a bottle of urine? Oh, I forgot, Christians don't go around sawing off heads like the peaceful and beautiful religion of Islam.

[isrul]

I would like to see these cartoons appear on every billboard in the country. I want to offend these murderous dogs. I want them to go over the top so everyone can clearly see there can be no excuse for islam's existence.

[OldFriend]

Guess I am in the minority here, but sometimes discretion is the better part of valor.

[Buffettfan]

If it would have been a picture of president Bush with a bomb sticking out of his cowboy hat, then it would have been on the first page, over and over again for a month.

[wolficatZ]

NY PRESS OPUS

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