What people are saying about Danish Cartoons?
85437
Well we dont like seeing our flag burned and the muslims do that, we just dont go around killing for it.
165259
*Shaking my shaggy skull* While I believe that bounties to kill, killing, violence of any kind is wrong, seems a lot of people either forget or just dun understand some basics...\n\nTop of the list, that cartoon to a Moslim is highly highly insulting thing and basically is like 2 "You shall have no other gods besides Me...Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."\n\nI mean how would a christian feel if a cartoon was made showing say jesus performing homosexual acts? They wouldn't like it, not one little bit and would be screaming bloody murder...\n\nNext, frankly the Middle East has gotten the short end of the stick from the western society for a loooooooooong time. Now the top superpowers are invading them one country at a time. They are fed up and I dun really blame them for it.\n\nLastly the cartoonist should have known better, so should have the papers that printed them. When the Moslims said "Hey, we don't like that!" an apology should have been made right then and there. But instead all they got was arrogance.\n\nNow before anyone says "But we have freedom of speech and creativity." Do we really? I certainly couldn't put the before mentioned cartoon of jesus in a national/continental newspaper. It would have been nixed purely because it would upset people.\n\nSo before calling them insane, imagine how you would feel if the roles were reversed and it was your savior that was shown in a nasty light...
96146
Both, really. It was the Danish press exercising their right (under Danish law) to free press, and it was disrespectful to a certain religion.\n\nBut we don't see Christians burning flags and torching embassies b/c of unusual (and blasphemous) creations as "Piss Christ", or Jews sending death threats to the Muslim state-sponsored newspapers running virulent cartoons equating Nazis and Zionists.\n\nMuslims need to come to the 21st century, or we might have to bomb them to the Stone Age.\n\nAnhar : Let's see, freedom is slavery, where have I heard that before? ;) Let's face it, we're dealing with a group of people who have been conditioned to accept "The Truth" as the only acceptable answer, and if you dare to disbelieve, then you're wrong and it's off with your head :<
482851
God bless Denmark.\nThey have a great sense of humor.
231931
I believe that along with the freedom of speech comes the responsibility to respect other people and their beliefs.  The prophet Mohammed is not the Danish people's prophet to blaspheme, and they should respect Muslim beliefs.  I'm not Muslim, but I try to respect what others believe, because I would hope to get the same respect myself.  It upsets me when people make a mockery of Christ.  If you don't believe, then just leave it alone.
85824
The problem is in Danish government which is don't has any politic man who can prevent this tension in relation between 1,000,000,000 muslim and Danish people .\nsecond point is who draw this carton has no enough knowledge in history because if you knew who is Mouhammed you will respect him . \nthird point the problem in freedom because everything in this world has limit no one in this world can talk in everything so you have to respect muslim as the muslim people respect you but the strange thing is how  is this come from Danish people because they are a nice  people . \nhow is the drawer do something like this drew carton about somebody who they didn't know ?Now this is my message to the West: \n\n\n\nThere exists a cultural vagueness in the West. This vagueness results from the presence of two different concepts. The first is a great Western concept that we respect, appraise, and need. That concept is freedom of speech. This is a great humane and civilized concept. On the other hand, there is the great Islamic concept of dignifying Allah’s Messenger (SAWS). The problem arises due to the lack of understanding of the Islamic Civilization and the Western Civilization regarding these two concepts. The non-Muslims cannot value the rank of dignifying the Prophet (SAWS). On the other hand, due to the below-average quality of practical application of freedom of speech, Muslims have a vague understanding of the concept of respecting freedom of speech. \n\n\n\nAccordingly, what is required now? We do not want to refuse the concept of freedom of speech, absolutely not. However, the West should alter the freedom of speech so that it does not collide with the very important Islamic value of dignifying the Prophet (SAWS). Here lies the vagueness and ambiguity. The West understands very well the freedom of speech (which we appreciate) but it does not understand Islamic values, such as dignifying the Prophet (SAWS) and other Islamic sanctities. This is where the Western cultural vagueness lies.\n\n\n\nI clearly say to the West, you have a problem. You cannot comprehend how much the Muslims love Prophet Muhammad (SAWS). You are still unable to understand this point. If you had really encompassed its significance, you would never have accepted what happened. The West, in general, governments and people, does not apprehend that Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us than our parents, dearer to me than my father and dearer than my mother. I am sure that any Muslim woman listening to me now, be her religious or not, will swear on that fact. Just ask, what does Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) mean to you? It is not even necessary to do that because it is so evident, but you may conduct surveys for yourselves, and you will realize how true what I am saying is. Ask any youth, be he heedless or pious; ask any Muslim anywhere, in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Yemen or in Egypt. Ask any Muslim in any village regardless of how religious he is, be he an obedient Muslim or not, a drug user or not, successful in his life or a failure, old or young, ask them, what does Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) mean to you?\n\n\n\nO West, I affirm that Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to all Muslims than their own parents. O West, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us, Muslims, than our children and grandchildren. O West, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to us than our money, dearer to us than our own selves. He is dearer to us than our own countries. O Egyptian, who is dearer to you, Egypt or Allah’s Prophet? O Saudi, who is dearer to you, Saudi Arabia or Allah’s Prophet? O Yemeni, O Moroccan, O Algerian, who is dearer to you, your country or Allah’s Messenger (SAWS)? O West, comprehend that meaning, Allah’s Messenger (SAWS) is dearer to Muslims than their children and their own selves.\n\n\n\nWe can never forget the hadith that I repeatedly mentioned during the episodes of “On the Path of the Beloved”. O West, listen to this hadith[11] as it form
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http://skender.be/supportdenmark/MohammedDrawings.jpg \n\nThe cartoons are small but you can mouse over/click to enlarge them.
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http://img.search.yahoo.com/search/images?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=cartoons.\nI went to this link and it opened up with pages of cartoons. :)
121723
The cartoon showed a picture of mohammed with a bomb in his turban. \nIt was supposed to be saying that muslims are violent from their early roots. Then they protested through the streets burning european embassies shouting "behead those who insult islam" and didn't do themselves any favours in dispelling that image.
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"Freedom of Expression" is a concept that means that someone has the right to express views-- no matter how unpopular-- without fear of being persecuted or punished for what he has said. In a strictly political sense, freedom of speech is meant to protect the rights of people who have a grievance against the government or have unpopular views in general. It was created because in the past, Western leaders [or religious organizations] had the practice of condemning, imprisoning, or killing people who expressed views that they didn't like. (For example, Honore Daumier [a 19th century French cartoonist] was imprisoned for printing cartoons that the French government found offensive.) \n\nSo Freedom of Expression is a concept meant to protect the rights of people who have unpopular views, especially if it's against the government or other authorities with immense power. They cannot be imprisoned or persecuted or exiled. It is a good concept. The problem, however, is that this concept has now been corrupted by many people, who feel that Freedom of Expression means being as insensitive and rude as you feel like, and not expect to get a negative reaction for it. It has also become a crutch [lazy] response when someone does something that creates controversy and doesn't really address the issue head on. I don't know much about this Danish cartoon affair, but this may have happened in this case.
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har. good one.\n\n\nbtw. good to see most people are laughin\n\noh, c'mon diablo. we know not all muslims are suicide bombers. man, don't be like that. J O K E\n\ni laughed at that offensive irish joke. course i'm full of whiskey!
743859
Tell that to the Danish papers that ran the Mohammed caricatures. Because that went over so well.
884152
I like this place:\n\nhttp://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/cartoon-corner/01-political-cartoons-editorial-humor.htm\n\n\nHere is another...\n\nhttp://politicalhumor.about.com\n\n\nAnd yet another:\n\nhttp://www.cagle.com/
121068
Because danish laws are well-done!! He hasn't done anything reprehensible.\n\nPS: my answer does not mean that I agree with the drawings of the journalist.
146985
Whoa there knobstick, your words make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!  I don't think that cartoons of religious figures should be printed or sketched if it means the same thing as shouting '" Fire" in a crowded theater, ie...ignorant protesting with killed persons involved.\nBut where do we end the censorship?  In India we could never even look right or left, heck they worship everything there don't they? Air, frogs, matchsticks?
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FUNNY HOW AROUND THE WORLD  there were massive portests against the cartoons even people killed, embassies burned, diplomats attacked and boycots of denmark...\n\n\nBut why none against the treatment of women in islam, \nforced arranged marriage,\n the lack of gay rights with gays executed, \ngirls stoned to death for making love etc...\n\nWHERE WAS THE OUTRAGE?\n\nIe important stuff not silly cartoons...\n\nIf I was Allah Id say stop sucking up to me go rescue the girls...
81991
No. \nWhy should he? He drew cartoons in his own local closed circuit newspaper in his own small village in his own country.\n\nIf somebody had the audacity to bring it alllllll the way out of Denmark, to somewhere in the Middle East, make a big hoo-haa because he knew he'd get more support, raise terrors among innocent people, burn down embassies, boycott Danish products all over the world, and wut-have-you for a small strip of Cartoon (capital C!)...\n\n Well, I think both parties are just about even, what say you?