Here we go. If we got this upset over domestic spying issues . . . it seems cartoons are drawing attention to the issue of censorship.
Syrians set fire to the Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus in protest at the publication of newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Denamark and Norway have condemned Syria for not stopping the attacks on their embassies over the publication of the cartoons.
“Across the continent, nearly two dozen other newspapers have joined in defending that principle. While Islamist clerics proclaim an ”international day of anger” or declare that ”the war has begun,” leading publications in Norway, France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic have reprinted the Danish cartoons. But there has been no comparable show of backbone in America, where (as of Friday) only the New York Sun has had the fortitude to the run some of the drawings.
Make no mistake: This story is not going away, and neither is the Islamofascist threat. The freedom of speech we take for granted is under attack, and it will vanish if it is not bravely defended. Today the censors may be coming for some unfunny Mohammed cartoons, but tomorrow it is your words and ideas they will silence. Like it or not, we are all Danes now.”
Complete Article: Boston Globe
EDIT INSERT: I must admit that this is gettting way out of hand. The 12 cartoons with caricatures of the prophet Mohammad (considered blasphemous by Muslims) were originally published by The Jyllands-Posten daily, one of Denmark’s largest newspapers, on Sept. 30, 2005.. Why now?