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2006-03-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Univ. Ill. editor fired over Mohammed cartoons

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Posted by lotp 2006-03-15 13:10|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 wow. Let's see if our esteemed, enlightened, morally superior, brave, bold, daring, sixties liberals even manage to make a peep in the name of free speech. My money is on the sound of crickets.

Posted by 2b 2006-03-15 13:24|| 2006-03-15 13:24|| Front Page Top

#2 "We had a news story on our hands, with violence erupting about imagery, but you can't show it because of a taboo, because of a taboo that's not a Western taboo but a Muslim taboo?" he said. "That's a blow to journalism."

Not a blow to journalism, a blow to civilization.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-15 13:37|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-15 13:37|| Front Page Top

#3 The Illini has a poll site. Appears the Illini Media Co. "leadership" is a bit out of touch with the student population. As of today the poll stands at:

Ok to Publish - 81%
No Way - 19%

Posted by Visitor 2006-03-15 14:28|| 2006-03-15 14:28|| Front Page Top

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