Comments on: Drawings of Mohammed

By: Elektro

Elektro — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

These caricatures are minor issues.

But did you know that Microsoft supported TechCentralStation or the DCI group? They are campaigning against Muslims, look here:
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=082803M
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=100704G

Will we see Windows burning parties soon?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Isn’t bomb threats against newspapers exactly what the cartoon was depicting. I see that they have learned from their master.

By: Trip

Trip — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

uhumm

By: anon

anon — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

> If there is anything that needs to be kept it check
> through public criticism so is it religion.

Rather I would say if there is anything that needs to be kept in check through public criticism it is censorship.

But let’s just agree to disagree.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I guess then, that all muslims are terrorists, just like all blacks will rob you. I am sure that there would be a call to censorship if ones mother, or son, or best friend were to be depicted in a vulgar and unfair way. The mere fact that this is approved of speaks volumes about the way in which “others” view people of color, and they only value what is important to them. I am sure that these people of color have no right to be upset, they are just bitching for no reason right? So were the Japanese in America, back in the day, and the Irish who were also demonized(just to name a few). I hope that thought process works out for you…

http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/cartoons/

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

anonymous, they have right to be upset and say so, which is what happened in most of your examples. And is what most muslims did in this case. But there are a difference between critizing people and their opinions and make death threats and burn a couple fo embassies.

There is also a major other difference here. People choose their religion. Every morning when they wake up they make a choice to stay or become Christian, Muslim, Budhist etc.

You don’t choose to be black, white, yellow, man, woman, young, old and so on.

By: Arief

Arief — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Christian,

It is too bad to see such violent reactions from the muslim around the world. But it is not a general theme in the reactions if you seek out more than just what the Media wants to share.

And to generalize things by saying that those reactions only came from anger, poverty or other material things, is a very shallow thought.

Look closer and deeper.
In many ways, it is hard to feeling if you're not experiencing.

All the best.
-arief

By: Joseph Huang

Joseph Huang — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I wonder what’s taken out of the Vatican quote. The words omitted probably distorts the meaning of the statement.

Sort of like how movies quote critics, and distort meaning so that a negative statement because positive, just by leaving out words and using elipses.

By: Hansen

Hansen — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Funny, at poor country people that make a violent reactions, but at rich country, the government that make it But, I hate them both.

Maybe for you it is easy to choose a religion, but for someone else that dicision is a searching for a life time.

BTW, in this era you can choose to become white, black, old, young and so on