[Lunatic Fringe]

I fail to see the "hypocrisy."

Let's see... FReepers made fun and ridiculed muslims over their claims of "blasphemy" by cartoon artists.

Here we have a fictional book, and the Church is basically doing the same thing. If this book came out 500 years ago, Brown would have been burned at the stake.

[maine-iac7]

If this book came out 500 years ago, Brown would have been burned at the stake.

Yep

Which is why Leonardo and other artists/writers of his time used codes - in Leonardo's day, there were boxes into which people could anonymously drop someones name, accusing them of a crime that would bring them before the Inquisition. If you didn't want to become a human marshmallow, you were very careful

[Tribune7]

FReepers made fun and ridiculed muslims over their claims of "blasphemy" by cartoon artists.

I think most of the ridicule was directed at the paragons of "journalism" who had no problem mocking Christianity but caved like a house of cards when faced with a threat of violence. Also, a lot of Freepers were rightfully concerned about Moslems getting special treatment

And to point out the obvious, the Cardinal is not demanding anybody's death unlike the Imans.

Actually, he may just be demanding equal -- rather than special -- treatment under Italy's laws. See may last post.

No American cardinal is demanding criminal prosecution of Dan Brown.

[TAdams8591]

It would be "hypocrisy" if the church made fun of the Muslim cartoons.

BTW, I argued the editors should have censored themselves and NEVER printed those cartoons. And I was excoriated for that opinion.

I don't want people mocking my religious beliefs, and the religious beliefs of others shouldn't be mocked.