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Posted on 02/03/2006 9:04:55 AM PST by thesharkboy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington on Friday condemned caricatures in European newspapers of Islam's Prophet Mohammad, siding with Muslims who are outraged that the publications put press freedom over respect for religion.
"These cartoons are indeed offensive to the belief of Muslims," State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper said in answer to a question.
"We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression but it must be coupled with press responsibility. Inciting religious or ethnic hatreds in this manner is not acceptable."
Osama is a character on this series of cartoons as well, he's in a deeper hell than Mohammed is though--not sure of a site that shows them though. Mark Davis on WBAP was discussing these this morning.
The world turned upside down: The Euros are showing more cajones on an issue than the U.S.
I wouldn't side with the muslims even if they showed mohammad doing a donkey.
He should have left it at:
"We all fully recognize and respect freedom of the press and expression."
The rest of the statement is reprehensible.
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Incredible. I can't believe I just read that.
If that is so, who is to decide what is responsible?
This whole cartoon affair is just more proof that islam is against freedom and, for some strange reason, the Department of State of the United States of America has chosen to side with islam against the freedom of its own citizens.
Have we entered the Twilight Zone...
If the entire Muslim world can be brought to its knees by 12 cartoons, what would happen if you gave them a comic book? Mushroom clouds in Mecca?
The state department is full of left wingers left over from the cold war and from the ivory tower leftists who have never had a real job in the real world.
The core of the state department is ANTI-american and virulently anti-Bush and even more virulently anti-republican.
It is no surprise they would take a side opposed to the constitution or the USA.
should be much more offensive to the average Muslim than any cartoon depicting Mohammed. Telling, isn't it?
This is a whole series of "Ask Mohammed" cartoons. He answers different e-mails each day. As you may be able to tell, the Prophet is standing in Hell as he answers these.
Pookie18 features these regularly in his Today's Toons threads.
As to your comment, Osama and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed surely planned and carried these attacks out in Mohammed's name.
I agree. But we as a country allow elephant dung thrown on an image of Jesus as 'art'. What a crock.
I think we should adopt the rule of posting the cartoon every time the state department is mentioned.
this way if someone searches for state department, the name and the cartoon will pop up.
I can't understand why Bush doesn't revamp the State Department. That place has been a hot bed of anti American liberals forever.
Rumsfeld remarked about the cartoons "that it comes with the terratory", meaning living in the west in a free society.
Key Word Highlight................Weasel.
WHAAAAT???!?!! Ok, that's it... this is abominable.
Curious what the State Department thinks:
1. the art the bucket of urine with a cross in it;
2. the elephant dung Virgin Mary;
3. Kayne West pretending to be Jesus in the Rolling Stone for publicity and profit;
4. the stupid NBC show with a hipster Jesus that lasted about 10 seconds (Book of Daniel?);
5. The Will and grace episode featuring Britney Spears as an evangelical with a TV show called "Crucifixins"
Etc.
But my and my female dog allah (that's my female dog's name, allah allah's a good dog) gotta go now.
"Un-freaking-believable. Did the State Department say the same thing when a cross was put in a jar of urine?"
Hypocrites.
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