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March 31, 2006
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The Muhammad cartoons are in the news again. This time two different organizations have caved to pressure from extremist Muslim groups not show them. The first is NYU which forbid a student group from showing them. Right wing reason writes:
The Objectivist Club at NYU has been planning an event titled: Free Speech and the Danish Cartoons. The event was supposed to be a panel discussion with a representative from the Ayn Rand Institute, the president of F.I.R.E, an author on Islam, and a former editor of the NY Press. During the discussion, the group planned to show the Danish Cartoons of Mohammed. This last bit caused a bit of trouble.
Let's just say the threats made sure the cartoons were not shown and the university barely even let the students talk about them. Can't have people talking about controversial issues at a university now can we. For more background see here and here.
The second case is Borders. At least Borders is more honest than most institutions that have refused to show the most newsworthy cartoons ever by saying they are scared for their employees safety:
Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries."For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority," Borders Group Inc. spokeswoman Beth Bingham said Wednesday.
I think every time I see hear about some new cartoon threats I will publish another one here.
Posted by Pete at March 31, 2006 07:49 AM
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