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JustWonders wrote:

And, for the record, Newsweek retracted the Koran story.

No they didn't...they said they were no longer so sure about one of their sources, but the US later admitted that such had occurred, though disputing how often.

Hey, bunny, did you have a little xmas flash back a whike ago?

FreeDuck wrote:

I actually think that a boycott is a perfectly legitimate, acceptible, and civilised response. If only it were the only response.

I agree, and my response to their response is to go shopping for cookies tomorrow.

What's the brand name, ehBeth. I assume you like them.

BTW, these storms would be blown up very deliberately by the governments concerned, I wonder how spontaneous THIS storm is (as others have wondered) and how Danish cartoons got about so widely suddenly?

Muslim groups in Denmark, with their interest in continuing to live in Danish society, have accepted the apology [of Jyllands-Posten's editor-in-chief]. The same does not go for Arab and Muslim countries, however. That constitutes the second aspect of this scandal: Certain actors in the Muslim world seem to view the event as a welcome opportunity to accuse the entire western world of arrogance and insensitivity to Islam.

The caricatures were spread throughout the Muslim world -- along with other, worse ones that Carsten Juste said his paper did not publish "because they breached our code of ethics."

The issue was made worse by a basic misunderstanding on the part of the protesters: Arab nations demanded an apology from the Danish government and also asked Copenhagen to punish the authors of the drawings. However, neither act is possible for a western democracy. [..] Once again, ignorance and intentional demonization supplemented each other.

Once again, ignorance and intentional demonization supplemented each other.

I would not be one bit surprised if the Muslim World weren't being encouraged to foment a Holy War with the decadent west.

I don't really have anything to add to this discussion other than my opinion that this "event" is not street generated (as in rioters run amuk) but rather A finely orchestrated "event" for diversion among the populace from more pressing issues (especially in Syria)

dyslexia wrote:

I don't really have anything to add to this discussion other than my opinion that this "event" is not street generated (as in rioters run amuk) but rather A finely orchestrated "event" for diversion among the populace from more pressing issues (especially in Syria)