07 Feb 06 Violence over a Cartoon
I usually don’t get into judging one’s religion. Who am I to judge? But there are some things that just don’t seem right to me. Strapping a bomb around one’s waist, getting on a bus full of innocent people and blowing it up is one. Blowing up abortion clinics is another. I guess any religious action that involves any sort of violence I would be against.
So in the past few weeks there has been religious motivated violence directed at Denmark. Actually Denmark and any other country that allows the reprinting of depictions of Mohammad.
These were cartoon type pictures printed in a Danish newspaper. This specific picture caused the biggest uproar.
Iran has cut trade ties with Denmark. Danish embassies in Damascus, Syria and Lebanon have been torched. At least 5 people have died so far because of this. Really crazy stuff. Apparently it is against Islam to depict Mohammad in any way, at least that’s what being said. But in reality images of Mohammad have been created and displayed for centuries. Take a look at the Mohammed Image Archive.
What I figured was going to happen is happening already. Pictures are being photoshopped to include depictions of Mohammad in them. The one with Bob Ross is my fav. So Mohammad will join the likes of the Chinese Boy, Lee Hotti and the Mosh Girl in Internet lore. Is this right or wrong? Really not for me to say, actually I really don’t care. The interesting thing to me in all this is how European countries are the target of this radical Islamic violence. Over the years most of Europe has gotten along quite nicely with the Islamic regimes, especially pertaining to the Israel Palestine situation. The US was always “the great Satan”. Can one cartoon change all that? Many of the Middle East regimes should be careful what they demand. They could lose some very key allies.
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[...] Back in February I talked about the big deal made out of the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. Apparently the fear media companies feel in the US which did NOT start this “uproar” has not gone away. And it appears that Comedy Central has been scared enough to “bury their heads in the sand” so to speak. In the part two of the South Park episode Cartoon Wars, Mohammed was to appear for maybe 5 seconds. He was to hand a football helmet with a fish on it, say a couple words and leave. That’s it. Instead of seeing the 5 second clip with Mohammed, everyone saw this. [...]