"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message


You've been left in the dust. Another visitor here already confirmed that
the cartoons were re-published by some Christian publication.

from Wikipedia:
"....Magazinet is a conservative Protestant Norwegian newspaper which is
published three times a week. Its average daily circulation as of 2004 is
5,307 copies."

Not even a daily - obviously a huge player in the world of journalism. Of
course, what no one is reporting is that after the initial publication
LAST SEPTEMBER, there was so little response, so little reaction from the
world at large (including muslim populations) that a European group of
Islamic leaders sent a delegation to Egypt and other mid-eastern countries
to try to whip up some outrage. It was only in response to this renewed
pressure that Magazinet republished the cartoons. What your seeing in the
news is pure Hollywood. The fact is that nobody cared at all until the
robed and bearded mad dogs started spewing their crap from every available
mosque.




True. But tell me two things, please:

1) Are you able to find the first thing I said about all this in this
thread?

If yes:

2) Briefly, what do you think my point was in my first post?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message

1) Are you able to find the first thing I said about all this in this
thread?

I believe so.

2) Briefly, what do you think my point was in my first post?


OK....stop the special bus at the next corner, open the window, and tell
me about your delusion:

I've never had any success at determining the point of gratuitous wise-ass
remarks.

1) A (typically) stupid Christian publication starts this whole mess by
publishing a picture that offends an (equally) stupid bunch of Muslims.

Point indeterminate. Apart from the continued wise-ass, anti-religious
sarcasm (which is pointless on its face), your statement is simply wrong.
The [small, inneffectual] Christian publication did NOT start the whole
mess. The original publication of the cartoons in question first occurred
over four months ago in the Jyllands-Posten, a national, non-aligned
newspaper published in Copenhagen. If any "whole mess" was started, it was
at the behest of the muslim representatives who travelled to the mid-east
with thy sole purpose of stirring up trouble.

2) The Danish government responds by saying it supports free speech,

And your suggestion is what? The Danish government should alter one of the
basic tenets of its own government in response to pressure from a small
group of lunatic religious whackos?


3) The Danish government sees its holdings around the world being
attacked, and you think we should say one friggin' word in its support,

What is your position? That we should NOT support the preservation of free
expression in a friendly nation, simply because they COULD have caved to
terrorist demands but chose not to? ARE YOU SERIOUS?????

Anyway --- your original point? I don't know. Though I usually disagree
with you, you usually have a point. I can't figure this one.