Muhammad cartoon row intensifies

[Randi]

While I don't particularly like our danish Prime Minister, I agree that he shouldn't apologise for the drawings printed in a rightwing danish newspaper. I have to say though, it's not a newspaper I'd buy!

I'm reading the Business Paper every day and the business people are terrified what could happen to the danish export, it's most likely already ruined.

However, a lot of muslims here, who are not fanatics, disagree with what the Iman's say. What do these people expect in a country of democracy?

Here's a link and a little video of what it's about:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4670370.stm

In the middle of the page, a bit to the right is a link from Reuters. I'm sure there's more info on this somewhere.

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/

[Edwina's Secretary]

I am almost (but not quite ) speechless from this. I understand the cartoons causing offense. But if no one was ever allowed to do or say anything that might cause offense to another....well we would all be in a permanent state of paralysis.

If these cartoons offend you...don't look at them. If the cover of Rolling Stone (with some guy portrayed as Jesus) offends you .....don't buy the magazine ....don't look at it.

But to boycott anything made in California (because that is where Rolling Stones is published) because of it just doesn't make sense.

Paxil in the drinking water.....PLEASE!

[Lady's Human]

ES, please, no paxil in the drinking water, the DT's are dangerous.

One of the military boards I'm a member of has started a "BUY DANISH"
campaign because of the stance the government has taken, hoping to offset any negative effects. to quote one of the members "any time I can buy cookies and beer and help out an ally, I'm all for it!"

[RICHARD]

ES, please, no paxil in the drinking water, the DT's are dangerous.

"any time I can buy cookies and beer and help out an ally, I'm all for it!"

Paxil?

I thought it was viagra?!?!?!? Here in El Lay there is a problem with vitamins, medicines and other things that humans take and do not metabolize...it ends up in the water!!!

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Guess what kind of beer I am gonna drink for the BIG GAME on Sunday?

Randi,

The scariest part of this "protest" is that a group will protest against "ink on paper" and have no reaction to "blood on concrete".

People cannot satirize a religious being, but it's quite alright to blow people up for a religious being...the hypocrisy isnumbing!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

I hadn't heard about this, but I did hear that the Danish Muslims are in an uproar about the government banning the wearing of berkas (sp?). The government sees the berka as a sign of repression against women and they don't want women to feel repressed in their country. They were talking about other things too, but some idiot woman cut me off so I had to pay attention to the road rather than the radio, then they went on to say that it was a little odd that the Danish government would ban such a thing because their country is known for it's willingness to let people live their lives without discrimination of any sort. Oh, and they said it's rather odd also, because there are about a total of 24 berka wearers in the country so the reporters couldn't figure out what the uproar was about.

However, I'm not sure if it was all "Danish government" or "Netherlands government" they were talking about since I'm not clear on the exact divisions between the two. Sorry Randi. Denmark is a part of the Netherlands, along with Holland and possibly other countries?

[Lady's Human]

T+P-

The Netherlands and Holland are the same country, The Netherlands being the proper term for the country. The Netherlands are to the northwest of Germany, and to the northeast of Belgium. Denmark is on the peninsula sticking out from the north of Germany that splits the Baltic and the North Seas.(The finger that points to the Scandanavian countries)