Posted on 02/15/2006 6:19:24 AM PST by abb
Silly editors!
They should have just made fun of Jesus, Mary and all of Christianity in general!
Then they would have been awarded prizes and high accolades from their professional peers and liberal inteligencia.
Whatever happened to the hallowed concept of Academic Freedom? /Sarc.
Ping
Bad First Amendment! Bad!
A student newpaper at Harvard, run by conservatives, ran the some of the Mohammed cartoons and, as you can imagine, it's raining feces on Harvard Yard.
I seriously doubt that. There is too much competition for such praise for anti-Christian propaganda on college campuses.
Dear Editor,
The editors of most of America’s major newspapers are cowards (with the Philadelphia Inquirer an amazing exception). These editors thought nothing of running pictures that put our troops in more danger (such as the New York Times putting Abu Grab pictures on its front page for over 4 weeks) or running fake stories that would incite Muslims worldwide (such as the Newsweek bogus story of Korans in the Toilet). Yet when it comes to putting their own sorry X’s (rhymes with “basses”) on the line, they all of a sudden become all so sensitive and understanding. Somehow, the First Amendment is not all that important if some Islamic nut may do something to you. Shame on all of them. Cowards. Thank God we have braver and better men that refuse to lie down and give up their freedoms so easily.
Regards,
2banana
Or if they were promoting the benefits of homosexuality, that would be fine.
Does anyone know if they published a picture of the offending New York "artist" pictures of Christ on a crucifix in a jar of urine, or the black Madonna in dung?
If so, double standard (nothing unusual for the press).
Link for contact info at the Daily Illini
http://www.dailyillini.com/home/index.cfm?event=viewCustomPage&name=contact
Drexel University's newspaper was going to print the cartoons but received threats from the Muslim club on campus. Something along the lines of, "you saw what happened in Europe and the Middle East, didn't you?"
As a Univesity of Illinois alum (Undergrad '65 & Law '67) this disgusts me to no end. U of I Campaign seems, unfortunately, to be doing its best to emulate the worst aspects of UC Berkley.
That silly free speech thingy in the Constitution..
Something about a chill wind?
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We might write to extend support to the editors: news@dailyillini.com seems to be the news desk (the editor-in-chief doesn't have a separate e-mail), and opinion@dailyillini.com is the editorial page desk.
If anyone feels like tracking down who to write complaints to, feel free.
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