Except he neglects to mention the fact that nobody in the Muslim world gave a fig until radical Danish clerics circulated a manifesto that included bogus cartoons which were far more offensive than anything actually appearing in the paper.
... and a picture of bearded french farmer competing in a hog-calling contest while wearing a pig snout and pig ears, alleging same to be a cartoon depicting Muhammed as a pig.
Hey Rone, where'd you get/make your "Stop Casting Porosity" image there?
Yes, and my point was that nobody seemed to care how adolescent and shitty they were until they were used as part of a deliberate propaganda campaign by religious fanatics to incite riots against Denmark.
As stupid and intolerant as it was for Jyllands-Posten to publish these cartoons, the response to them has been even moreso.
Neil Gaiman had a post with a similar-but-with-less-vitriol stance. Handwaving the stance of the newspaper in question (and the cabal of mullahs), you may have the right to express yourself, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea.
If they do nothing more than make people painfully aware of how much the people of this planet need to move beyond all types of religious fundamentalism in order to co-exist, then ultimately, I don't think they were worthless.
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Hey Rone, where'd you get/make your "Stop Casting Porosity" image there?
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As stupid and intolerant as it was for Jyllands-Posten to publish these cartoons, the response to them has been even moreso.
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If that makes me an idiot in your book, so be it.
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