Yet more anti-religious cartoons
As Danish and Norwegian embassies are ransacked and
burned my search for more anti-religious cartoons continues. The Guardian
has a report on the conservative Danish newspaper which sparked the
riots, Jyllands-Posten, that it refused to carry some anti-Christian cartoons
three years ago. It seems that what is sauce for the goose is not necessarily
sauce for the gander in Protestant Denmark.
Robert Fisk reminds us that there are lots of things European nations will not permit "free speech" to challenge or satirize, such as the Holocaust in Germany, and even in "free" America fundamentalist Christians protest modern art exhibitions which show Christ or the virgin Mary in novel and disrespectful ways.
A number of papers have photo slide shows of of some of the rioters (Juan Cole reminds us that there are over 1 billion muslims in the world and that rioting has been largely limited to Damascus and Jordan, fundamentalist Iran is largely quiet). As a classical liberal, this photo of a protest in London caught my attention (note that liberal London is the only place where Karl Marx was free from persecution to write his socialist tracts condemning the free market):
The Australian press has a long tradition of political and social cartooning, some of which is quite funny (unlike the fairly crude Danish cartoons). There is a strong tradition of anti-authority which means the Aussie cartoons are ecumenical - all politicians and religious leaders are equally targeted for their foibles and stupidities. Here are a couple by Bill Leak of The Australian :
And Martin Rowson of the Guardian has this one inspired by the embassy burnings:
Robert Fisk reminds us that there are lots of things European nations will not permit "free speech" to challenge or satirize, such as the Holocaust in Germany, and even in "free" America fundamentalist Christians protest modern art exhibitions which show Christ or the virgin Mary in novel and disrespectful ways.
A number of papers have photo slide shows of of some of the rioters (Juan Cole reminds us that there are over 1 billion muslims in the world and that rioting has been largely limited to Damascus and Jordan, fundamentalist Iran is largely quiet). As a classical liberal, this photo of a protest in London caught my attention (note that liberal London is the only place where Karl Marx was free from persecution to write his socialist tracts condemning the free market):
The Australian press has a long tradition of political and social cartooning, some of which is quite funny (unlike the fairly crude Danish cartoons). There is a strong tradition of anti-authority which means the Aussie cartoons are ecumenical - all politicians and religious leaders are equally targeted for their foibles and stupidities. Here are a couple by Bill Leak of The Australian :
And Martin Rowson of the Guardian has this one inspired by the embassy burnings:
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Posted: Mon - February 6, 2006 at 10:02 PM
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I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and now work for a non-profit educational foundation in the US. Before moving to the US with my family I taught modern European history at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. I have studied at universities in Australia, Germany, the US, and Britain and consider myself a citizen of the world and a supporter of no particular nation state. [More]
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