Diary Oct. 6 Muhammed Cartoon in the Globe And Mail!
Muhammed Cartoons in the Globe And Mail?
There is was, surrounded by an opinion piece, a Muhammed cartoon in the Globe and Mail! Yes, on the Op. Ed. page, today, a cartoon of Muhammed spilling paint over the words "Freedom of Speech" and waving his little scimitar. Well, it looked as much like Muhammed as any of the Muhammeds in the notorious cartoons ...
But in any case it was O.K., of course, because the opinion piece was written by an Oxford don ( no mere Canadian), and his stylish endorsement made all the difference.
Well, my friends, first the Pope, now the Editor of the Globe and Mail!
Freedom of speech just busting out everywhere.
posted by Dr. Peter March @ 3:57 PM
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Garton Ash’s point is that giving in to those who would bully us out of our freedoms will 1) promote a pernicious relativism in which we are forced to obey other people’s taboos and 2) encourage the bullies to bully us even more. An illustration that more accurately captured the point of the article would have had a bureaucrat or other official blotting out “Freedom of Expression” (and not a Muslim) while the scimitar-wielding Muslim stands threateningly in the background. (Perhaps in the background with the threatening Muslim there would also be a peaceful but offended Muslim holding, say, Jyllands-Posten or The Satanic Verses.
Mark Mercer
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