The world is funny when people have nothing to do but protest

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Lonestar
That said, Muslims in other countries seem to suffer from the same "complete lack of any geographical sense" the accuse Americans of, as we got protestors in front of an American airbase protesting over cartoons in a Danish newspaper.

"They" aren't too bright either.

[Dinner]

Hell, they've been burning flags of countries which haven't even had private newspapers publish the cartoons and they burned down a Norweigen embassy to protest a DANISH newpaper.

[Dis]

Denmark, Norway. They're all the same

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Hell, they've been burning flags of countries which haven't even had private newspapers publish the cartoons and they burned down a Norweigen embassy to protest a DANISH newpaper.

A Norwegian Christian paper, Magazinet, this month reprinted a series of "Mohammed" cartoons that caused an uproar after first appearing in Denmark's largest circulation daily, Jyllands-Posten, last September.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200601/CUL20060123a.html

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Vince278


"They" aren't too bright either.

Americans or Muslims in crappy countries?

[Lonestar]

Hey, that reminds me...has anyone seen the South Park episode Super Best Friends? Great stuff.

[Arrian]

Danish paper refused "offensive" Jesus cartoons By James Kilner
1 hour, 52 minutes ago



The Danish newspaper that first published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad infuriating Muslims worldwide previously turned down cartoons of Jesus as too offensive, a cartoonist said on Wednesday.

Twelve cartoons of the Prophet published last September by Jyllands-Posten newspaper have outraged Muslims, provoking violent protests in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

"My cartoon, which certainly did not offend any Christians I showed it to, was rejected because the editor felt it would be considered offensive to readers -- readers in general, not necessarily Christians," cartoonist Christoffer Zieler said in an email he sent to Reuters on Wednesday.

Jens Kaiser, the former editor of Jyllands-Posten's Sunday edition who turned down the cartoons three years ago, said he had done so because they were no good.

"Having seen the cartoons, I found that they were not very good. I failed to see the purportedly provocative nature," he said in a statement.

"My fault is that I didn't tell him what I really meant: The cartoons were bad." Kaiser said he told Zieler he had not used the cartoons because they were offensive to some readers.

Zieler's five colored cartoons portrayed Jesus jumping out of holes in floors and walls during his resurrection. In one, gnomes rated Jesus for style, another entitled "Saviour-cam" showed Jesus with a camera on his head staring at his feet.

"I do think the cartoons would offend some readers, but only because they were silly," Kaiser said.

Unlike Muslims, who consider depictions of the Prophet to be deeply offensive, many Christians adorn churches with images and sculptures of Jesus. However, some Christian congregations have protested at portrayals they perceive as blasphemous, especially in the cinema.

The editor of Jyllands-Posten has apologized for offending Muslims by printing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, including one of the founder of Islam holding a bomb in his turban, but defended his right to do so in the interests of free speech.

Dozens of newspapers in Europe and elsewhere have reproduced them with the same justification.

"Perhaps explaining my story of three years ago in its proper context at least won't make matters any worse," Zieler said.

(Additional reporting by Rasmus Jorgensen)

Idjit editor. I'm sure everyone will be satisfied by his explanation. Wonderful.

-Arrian

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Lonestar
Americans or Muslims in crappy countries?

More the latter than the former.