Muslims may sue over cartoons (mohammed cartoons on parade)

Calgary Herald ^ | 2/13/2006 | Emma Poole

[Dark Skies]

Now the fun really begins!

[dead]

[Boston Blackie]

[silverleaf]

Don't ever be rude to an Arab!
http://www.mwscomp.com/sounds/mp3/nevrude.mp3

[cinives]

He forgot to include Coyote - the most abused animal in cartoons ever seen. ;)

[Mike Darancette]

Heck, in Canadian Courts they just might win.

[cinives]

I think Muslims have caused a lot more people stress and heartache...who can I sue ?

[ozoneliar]

If the courts aren't filled with sycophantic appeasers, then lawsuit will be nixed. A moment of truth for Canada.

[Onelifetogive]

The head of Calgary's Muslim community is considering a civil lawsuit against two local publishers...

This is NOT a bad thing. Many people see those people "over there" as "insane fanatics", but the people "over here" are "just like us." It's not true. Lawsuits like this will help us see that many of the ones "over here" are more like those "over there" that they are like us...

[Doogle]

[IronJack]

"We see these cartoons as racist. We see these cartoons as hurtful, and we see these cartoons as against our religion. There has been damages towards the Muslim community for their losing their peace of mind, and creating stress on people's heart."

Hahahaha ... This [giggle] ... coming from a ... [chortle]... MUSLIM!... [guffaw, guffaw] People who live, eat, and breathe hatred! Aw, c'mon, stop it! Yer hurtin' my sides.

[xrp]

Islam is a race?

[sageb1]

I am so...SHOCKED! :)

[Dark Skies]

[domenad]

Free speech hurts my feelings. It's racist.

[Doogle]

[GovernmentShrinker]

I saw a cute piece on the news this weekend about Muslim stand-up comedians in the U.S. One of the guys said of the cartoon hoopla, that of course Muslims should be offended by those cartoons, but that the right thing to do wasn't to stage violent protests, but to hire Jewish lawyers and sue. He said this with the most perfectly straight face and serious tone, as if he were a government official explaining a policy decision.

[silverleaf]

A moment of truth for Canada.
But they're lumberjacks and they're ok. Eh? (Sorry, having a Monty Python moment)

[Screamname]

Sue Mohammed.

[Dark Skies]

I think it's excellent.

Each one of the cartoons will be presented in court for all to see. Also, though I certainly do not know Canadian law, I presume the plaintiff's lawyers will try to prove the cartoons have defamed or slandered Canadian muslims and that probably requires the cartoons to be proven to be false representations of mohammed's character (any lawyerly help here would be appreciated). It would be my hope that, directly or indirectly, mohammed's character is called into question...talk about blasphemy!