What would Mohammed Drive

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=30197 ^

[Barney Gumble]

A Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist is under fire from Muslims for his depiction of a Middle Eastern-looking man behind the steering wheel of a nuclear-bomb laden truck under the headline, "What would Muhammad drive?"

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim World League are demanding an apology from Doug Marlette's syndicator, Tribune Media Services, and from his employer, the Tallahassee Democrat.

Cartoon by Doug Marlette, used with permission

The cartoon shows a Ryder rental truck like the one used by convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

In a phone interview, Marlette told WorldNetDaily he would not apologize, though he has received more than 4,500 e-mails from angry Muslims, with some threats of death and mutilation.

The Tallahassee Democrat also has declined to apologize, but primarily because it did not publish the cartoon in its print edition. The drawing appeared inadvertently on its website, however, before being pulled, according to the paper's executive editor.

In a response to be published Sunday in the Tallahassee Democrat, Marlette noted that his cartoon is a takeoff on the recent controversy among some Protestants over the morality of driving gas-guzzling SUVs – "What Would Jesus drive?" .......

[Barney Gumble]

This as much of "free speech" as idiot actors that praise Saddam or people that blame the US for 9/11, but few are defending this cartoonists right for free speech. The media in general looks down upon making fun of Islam. My problem is that it's perfectly ok (in the media PC world) to make fun of Catholics for their pedophile problem, but you can't say anything about Islam and their little terrorist extremist problem. It appears in today's PC world, we only have selective free speech, which really says that we don't have free speech.

[taxcontrol]

Ummm, a camel?

[dirtboy]

In a phone interview, Marlette told WorldNetDaily he would not apologize, though he has received more than 4,500 e-mails from angry Muslims, with some threats of death and mutilation.

The irony just drips from this sentence...

[Tailgunner Joe]

The Hollywood Fifth Column don't give a rat's ass about freedom of speech or any other part of our American heritage.

[areafiftyone]

I agree with you so here you go "What would Muhammed drive?"

[LibWhacker]

Somebody's too thin-skinned.

[Schnucki]

The irony just drips from this sentence...

Yep. ;)

[lelio]

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim World League
Did they put out a fatwah on the cartoonist?

[joesnuffy]

A small child?

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Another example of the similarity between Islamists and Democrats. Each tries to silence any dissent by threatening dissenters and shouting them down. Simply look at the difference in the treatment of Lott and Byrd. All who want to rule by fiat use the same tactic.

[headsonpikes]

I think he would have driven a Pinto.

Remember those gas tanks?

"The sound of a smoothly running car...KA-BOOM!"

Mo would have loved the Pinto...I'm seeing a yellow one. ;^)

[PaxMacian]

Here is the apology the artist should send:
I am sorry that your heretical leader and false prophet has lead so many ignorant people to fanatical frenzies of mass murder.

[KC_Conspirator]

Good for Marlette. The whole reaction by the community speks volumes about the problem.

[rovenstinez]

The Founder of Islam...
would not drive, but RIDE, in a carriage, pulled by 12 black slaves from Africa, being attended by 7 blondes with blue eyes, fanning him while he eats dates, drinks camels milk and talks to Ala in Arabic.

[bigfootbob]

"What would Muhammed drive?"

Either a jackass or Patty Murray.

[sticker]

Not what he would date, what he would drive

[PBRSTREETGANG]

What would Mohammed Drive?

A plane into a building.

[eccentric]

Right. He'd send his fanatic-blind follwers out in bomb-laden trucks to kill civilians.

[EternalVigilance]

What would Mohammed Drive?

...A Le Sabre?

[CJ Wolf]

I'm not so sure about that camels milk, but he does recommend camel piss as a cure-all.