[highlander_UW]

He's right, the Western media is hypocritical about the cartoons. Most papers won't print them so as not to offend muslims, but they have no such compunctions against offending Christians.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

ef 'em if they can't take a joke!

[Publius6961]

You need to work the idea of "fear" into the equation.

I will particularly go out of my way to offend muslims if, by my not doing so, they assume I respect or fear them.

In other words, any disrespect on my part is conscious and deliberate, in sharp contrast to their method of expressing disrespect, usually involving a dull knife.

[taxcontrol]

I'd like to see more of the US news papers print what passes as cartoons in the Islamic world.

[cwb]

"He's right, the Western media is hypocritical about the cartoons. Most papers won't print them so as not to offend muslims, but they have no such compunctions against offending Christians."

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Exactly! In fact, I'll go a step further and say that our media isn't just hypocrites...they are provocateers (sp). While they won't publish these cartoons for fear of further offending Muslims, they had none of these same concerns when they not only published the photos of Abu Graib for months on end...but sued for the release of more to be published.

Just like the flushing-Koran story, the media knew damn well that this would inflame Muslim emotions; of course, those angry emotions would be aimed at Bush and the military, unlike the cartoons, where the media would take the brunt of the criticism for daring to publish them. These people have no problem endangering the lives of those fighting for us...but Heaven forbid that anger be turned towards them were they might feel threatened.

And you simply can't dismiss the media's silence on this...because they know that further outbursts of violence, especially in this country if they print these cartoons, would damage any sympathy they have garnered against Bush and the WOT. The media just can't afford to have Muslims looking bad if it in any way helps the Bush Administration.