Police Foil Plot Against 'Muhammad' Cartoonist

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-02-13 03:21pm

Dartzap wrote:*article about the cartoons being reprinted*

All I can think to say is...well done. More people should do things like that.

Havok · Post by **Havok** » 2008-02-13 03:59pm

Sidewinder wrote:I'm not saying, "Only America can have a spine," I'm saying "I thought only Americans are crazy enough to piss off people like that?"

Didn't the UN set up Israel right in the middle of all the Muslims countries? I'm sure that didn't piss them off at all.

I can't think of a bigger "Fuck You" than that.

Xisiqomelir · Post by **Xisiqomelir** » 2008-02-13 04:27pm

I'll have to swing by Cost Plus and grab some more butter cookies. Well done, Danes.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-02-13 04:36pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Yes, they should act like good wholesome white Christian folk, by killing musicians who say bad things about religion, like John Lennon
Mark David Chapman was religiously motivated and Christian?

What did you think he was? Buddhist? The guy said he found Christ at 16.

Justforfun000 · Post by **Justforfun000** » 2008-02-13 07:13pm

I applaud the paper for reprinting them. It's about time people start fighting back. I think everyone ELSE should start a riot and protest outside the mosques. Let the fanatics feel like THEY might be the target of a reprisal for a fucking change. I'm really tired of these religious-fueled terrorists threatening everyone else every time they become offended. Too fucking bad! If you believe it's a sin to represent Mohammad in a cartoon, don't do it. But go fuck yourself if you think you can dictate what everyone ELSE in the world can and cannot do.

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2008-02-14 10:48am

Sigh, is there any way to stop the 'culture war' between Muslims and the Western world?

From what I could see, both 'cultures' are trying to find new ways piss each other off.

hongi · Post by **hongi** » 2008-02-15 02:53am

I applaud the paper for reprinting them. It's about time people start fighting back. I think everyone ELSE should start a riot and protest outside the mosques. Let the fanatics feel like THEY might be the target of a reprisal for a fucking change. I'm really tired of these religious-fueled terrorists threatening everyone else every time they become offended. Too fucking bad! If you believe it's a sin to represent Mohammad in a cartoon, don't do it. But go fuck yourself if you think you can dictate what everyone ELSE in the world can and cannot do.

Ace. Although I don't think we need to stoop down to the fanatic's level.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2008-02-15 07:37am

hongi wrote: Ace. Although I don't think we need to stoop down to the fanatic's level.

If "we" as a culture (if you can even say that there is such a thing as "western" culture) stooped down to the fanatic's level, they'd get nuked the instant any one of them insulted us.

Protesting embassies and "being outraged" is pretty tame, really.

hongi · Post by **hongi** » 2008-02-15 08:35am

I meant riotinig. No need to damage property. I'm sure a stony silence outside a mosque is equally as potent as chair-throwing, effigy-burning etc.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-02-15 12:44pm

hongi wrote:I meant riotinig. No need to damage property. I'm sure a stony silence outside a mosque is equally as potent as chair-throwing, effigy-burning etc.

A stony silence would be really impressive, actually. A crowd of silent, grim-faced people, staring at the mosque for about twenty minutes at the busy time of day...then they all disperse, only to return the next day. And the next. And the next...

[R_H] · Post by **[R_H]** » 2008-02-16 09:32am

Protests in Denmark (BBC)

Hundreds of Danish Muslims have been demonstrating in Copenhagen against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad they consider offensive.

The cartoon depicts the Prophet with a bomb in his turban.

All major Danish newspapers decided to republish it after Danish intelligence said it had uncovered a plot to kill one of the cartoonists.

Protestors marched in the capital's streets shouting "God is Great!" and "Freedom of speech is like a plague!".

Many carried the black and white flags of Hizb ut-Tahrir - the radical Islamic party that calls for the creation of a caliphate.

Earlier, at Friday prayers, Danish Muslims from many backgrounds expressed frustration that one of the cartoons they find so offensive could have been printed again.

Weary resignation

Many said they simply could not understand the motive unless it was hatred for Islam.

But the overwhelming mood was not so much anger but weary resignation; a sense that they have been through this crisis once before and nothing has been learnt. Some Danish Muslims said they felt the problem was not the Danish people who were, if not well informed about Islam, at least generally liberal.

Instead, they pointed the finger of blame at the Danish media, saying it had stirred controversy instead of trying to help mend community relations.

On Tuesday, Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service said it had uncovered a plot by three Muslims in Denmark to kill one of the cartoonists.

Two of the men, who are not Danish citizens, are due to be expelled to Tunisia rather than put on trial.

Many Danish Muslims criticised this decision, saying it would be better to examine the evidence and punish the men if they were really guilty.

I couldn't help but laugh at the following

"Freedom of speech is like a plague!"