RJ (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rjlippincott) wrote,@ 2006-02-01 15:14:00 |
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You Can't Stop the Signal
The most unexpected thing has happened in Europe within the past 24 hours.
The story actually begins last fall. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten noted that Islamic threats in Europe had a somewhat chilling effect on the media: some organizations were reluctant to publish items critical of Islam, for fear of threats (made all the more real by the murder of Theo van Gogh).
The editors of Jyllands-Posten decided to take a stand and publish the cartoons on the grounds that they cannot submit to threats or intimidation.
The result? Threats and intimidation, of course. This has been building to a head over the past few months, with increasing demonstrations in some Islamic countries, along with calls for boycotts of Danish goods. (Imagine if there had been a similar reaction by Catholics when Piss Christ went on exhibit.)
Yesterday, in an unexpected move of solidarity with Jyllands-Posten, the French newspaper France Soir reprinted the Danish cartoons. Today the cartoons have been picked up by Germany's Die Welt, The Italian publication La Stampa and Spain's El Periodico.
The more the cartoons are reprinted, the harder it is to threaten and intimidate all who publish them.
You can't stop the signal.
EDIT: Welcome, Two Babes and a Brain readers and of course Michelle Malkin readers.
Oh yeah...what do the cartoons look like?
The most unexpected thing has happened in Europe within the past 24 hours.
The story actually begins last fall. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten noted that Islamic threats in Europe had a somewhat chilling effect on the media: some organizations were reluctant to publish items critical of Islam, for fear of threats (made all the more real by the murder of Theo van Gogh).
The editors of Jyllands-Posten decided to take a stand and publish the cartoons on the grounds that they cannot submit to threats or intimidation.
The result? Threats and intimidation, of course. This has been building to a head over the past few months, with increasing demonstrations in some Islamic countries, along with calls for boycotts of Danish goods. (Imagine if there had been a similar reaction by Catholics when Piss Christ went on exhibit.)
Yesterday, in an unexpected move of solidarity with Jyllands-Posten, the French newspaper France Soir reprinted the Danish cartoons. Today the cartoons have been picked up by Germany's Die Welt, The Italian publication La Stampa and Spain's El Periodico.
The more the cartoons are reprinted, the harder it is to threaten and intimidate all who publish them.
You can't stop the signal.
EDIT: Welcome, Two Babes and a Brain readers and of course Michelle Malkin readers.
Oh yeah...what do the cartoons look like?
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