I remember reading (in the Economist I think) around the time of the Danish controversy that it is very very common in Muslim countries to see anti-Semitic representations in comic strips. Strangely neither Muslims nor Jews seem to riot in outrage over this. Maybe the media just doesn't cover it.
I am all for treating Muslims like any other group in the modern world. You know, same rights and stuff. The idea of a group deciding how they should be respected is much more difficult. If a (whatever) group understood modern sensibilities they would be angry if they hadn't been parodied in South Park yet.
I think I would have preferred a blasphemy every religion including atheism in one image day. That might have produced some really creative images.
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Date: 2010-05-21 12:50 am (UTC)I am all for treating Muslims like any other group in the modern world. You know, same rights and stuff. The idea of a group deciding how they should be respected is much more difficult. If a (whatever) group understood modern sensibilities they would be angry if they hadn't been parodied in South Park yet.
I think I would have preferred a blasphemy every religion including atheism in one image day. That might have produced some really creative images.