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Violence in the wake of the cartoon controversy UPDATE | 30 comments (30 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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An editorial "cartoon" from El Pais today:

Once upon a time there was a king of Persia who decided to throw an atomic bomb on Copenhagen due to his displeasure over a Danish caricature of Mohammed.

The Queen of Denmark and mother of Hamlet, Mrs. Freedom of Expression, begged her colleagueElizabeth of England to throw another nuclear device on Tehran, which the sobereign did with enthusiasm crying "blood, sweat and tears!" and supported by Bush II of the USA who, in solidarity with the Kings and Queens of Christendom, threw another bomb over Baghdad and a smaller one over Havana.

And thus began World War III, with the patriotic participation of 54 countries and the heroic sacrifice of 300 million dead people, or more.

In addition, the philosopher Huntington wrote a prophetic book called "I told you so".

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 04:38:18 PM EST
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What idiotic tripe.

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by Sirocco (sirocco2005ATgmail.com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 04:51:08 PM EST
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I also have to say I have some problems to see the relevance, does this mean we should not defend human rights and the right to free speech if it makes someone angry, and could cause some turmoil ?

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by Geir E Jansen on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 05:58:14 PM EST
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I think it is relevant as a cartoon on violence in the wake of the cartoon controversy.

There is one important point in it, and that is that sometimes the proximate cause of a large conflict is something unlikely small. In this case, cartoons. The deep cause might be Huntington's "I told you so" of civilizations. We still don't know how large this conflict will get.

Maximo, as a cartoonist, constantly gets in trouble because of his use of God and nudity even if his style is very abstract (his God is usually just an eye in a triangle, and every August he publishes a series of cartoons with beach nudes illustrating verses from the Song of Solomon).

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 06:09:52 PM EST
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Yeah, sure, right, of course. On one hand, on the other hand. Fair and balanced. A plague o' both your houses. Etc.

Tripe.
by Francois in Paris on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 02:13:45 PM EST
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Half the time I don't get Maximo's "humour" either. I am not even sure I do this time.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 06:15:54 PM EST
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Geee, talk of irrelevant. Now we're truly plumbing the depths of idiocy.

Can we burn El Pais' headquarters to the ground? (I'm a fast learner :>)
by Francois in Paris on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 02:08:54 PM EST
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