MonkeyCommando (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} monkeycommando) wrote,@ 2006-02-03 08:46:00 |
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There you go.
From the Globe:
“The protests in the Middle East have proven that the cartoonist was right,” said Tarek Fatah, a director of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
“It's falling straight into that trap of being depicted as a violent people and proving the point that, yes, we are.”
That's quite a quote there. Dig that exasperation. Dude usually has his head on straight from what I've read.
I do feel that the EU newspapers have passed the tipping point from showing solidarity for free speech to deliberate nose tweaking, but whaddya gonna do?
I also believe that as with Toronto gun violence/French riots/Queens' Homecoming riots/what have you, the root cause of violent reactions to these cartoons is young men 15-27. But again, whaddya going to do?
From the Globe:
“The protests in the Middle East have proven that the cartoonist was right,” said Tarek Fatah, a director of the Muslim Canadian Congress.
“It's falling straight into that trap of being depicted as a violent people and proving the point that, yes, we are.”
That's quite a quote there. Dig that exasperation. Dude usually has his head on straight from what I've read.
I do feel that the EU newspapers have passed the tipping point from showing solidarity for free speech to deliberate nose tweaking, but whaddya gonna do?
I also believe that as with Toronto gun violence/French riots/Queens' Homecoming riots/what have you, the root cause of violent reactions to these cartoons is young men 15-27. But again, whaddya going to do?
