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| Danes fold on cartoons |
| 2006-02-19 |
| A SAUDI-owned pan-Arab newspaper printed a full page apology from Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published cartoons of Prophet Mohammed unleashing a wave of fury from Muslims worldwide. "These drawings apparently hurt millions of Muslims around the world, so we now offer our apology and deep regret for what happened because it is far from the paper's intention," said the statement titled "Apology" in big bold letters addressed to Muslim citizens and printed in Asharq al-Awasat. It was signed by the paper's editor-in-chief Carsten Juste and was also posted in Arabic on Jyllands-Posten's website under a link titled "A new formulation for the apology." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 But what about Cheny and that shooter thing? Where is the apology for that? |
| Posted by: capsu78 2006-02-19 18:22 |
| #8 From MSNBC: Saudi newspapers on Sunday ran full-page apologies by the Danish newspaper that first ran the cartoons. But Jyllands-Posten’s Web site said the newspaper wasn’t involved in the ads. It said businesses placed the ad on their own initiative, using an apology issued by the newspaper late last month. It did not identify the companies or say if they were Danish. The advertisements ran in three of Saudi Arabia’s main newspapers — Al-Jazeera, Al-Riyadh and Al-Youm — as well as the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat, which is distributed around the Arab world. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-02-19 18:09 |
| #7 sadly, most people aren't reading about the lastest Islamic terrorism rampages because the press is, well, the press |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-02-19 15:14 |
| #6 If it settles the looneys down, god bless the fakers of this ad and the propaganda wing of the Saudi royal family (bee's pee be upon them). After reading about the torching of churches and deaths in Nigeria; well, I think that anybody with an ounce of common sense (Joe Six-Pack) in the West has drawn the appropriate conclusions from this episode. The lesson is over. This svit's got to stop. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2006-02-19 14:46 |
| #5 Not so fast folks! The danes say they didn't do this. This is a Saudi fabrication (see the Danish statement on little green footballs). Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2006-02-19 13:29 |
| #4 I am very disappointed: not by the Islamist temper tantrums but by the Western response. What should have happened after the Islamics exploded: Every newspaper in the Western World to print an explanatory piece, with the editor's side of the story, the cartoons in question (do YOU think they're offensive?), interview with local Muslims not offended, interview with local Muslims who are offended stating arguments on all sides, plus factual reporting of the Islamist tantrums not shying away or minimising the violence but fairly and accurately reporting all sides. And all and sundry refusing to apologise point blank. Explaining freedom of speech means all religions are treated equally and that freedom of speech means freedom to criticise religion as that is just a system of belief. Ideologies are up for debate and criticism they are not privelidged 'sacred cows'. What really happened: Mainstream media refused to print Western countries offer grovelling apology EU considers curtailing freedom with 'anti-blasphemy law'. We have already lost. The terrorists have won. They didn't win because of superior firepower, they won because we let them. We put the ideology of multiculturalism above critique, above debate in a fascist way imposed it on everyone: in schools, in the media, in government and now we are reaping the reward: more fascism is needed to enforce the original policy. What really galls me is our forefathers fought that we might have freedom. Yet one or two generations gave it all away. Sold us down river. No more freedom of speech for you and me. Most people don't really want freedom it seems. They want security and to be looked after cradle to grave. Only a very few stood up to this. |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-02-19 12:44 |
| #3 Some very radical Islamist were killed protesting this. As Monty Python says " Always look on the bright side of life" |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-02-19 11:57 |
| #2 Now we can go to the next step of dhimmy training. |
| Posted by: moderate muslim (gromgoru) 2006-02-19 11:52 |
| #1 can't say I blame them. If I owned a little paper and millions of crazy angry people were being organized to want me dead, I'd probably give that "I'm sorry that your sorry" apology too. Look at the bright side. This drew a line in the sand and all of those "look at me, I'm a brave and daring artist who gets my Piss Christ funded by the NEA" have been exposed as blubbering cowards. ha! |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-19 10:25 |