This chilling video of an anti-cartoon demonstration in Paris shows what the Seattle Times, the P-I and most of the rest of the U.S. media have surrendered to. (More at this blog, by way of Andrew Sullivan).
The Times and the P-I don't seem to understand that today's appeasement of demands not to publish the cartoons will only encourage greater threats and demands for more censorship in the future.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at February 12, 2006 03:45 PM | Email ThisBut ahhh...sensitivity and respect are now the watchwords of the boomer media overlords. Who knew that the Free Speech generation was so spineless when it came to making a stand against anyone other than their own government? They are scared sh----ss. Yes now we know for we see that they have drawn a big fat line for themselves ("We will not cross! We have to go pee now!"). My prediction:
Their deference to jihad Islam will translate into more and more savage denunciations of the Bush administration.
Posted by: Doug Anderson on February 12, 2006 04:08 PMFancher and by extension the rest of the media lack courage, and any virtue. On the present path they will lose freedom of speech, then liberty itself, and ultimately their heads.
Posted by: JCM on February 12, 2006 04:16 PMWhy not?
Posted by: Fixit on February 12, 2006 04:56 PMDorothy & Friends: Courage!
Cowardly Lion: You can say that again.
Mr. Fancher, I ask you this---
What have our troops got that you ain't got???
COURAGE!!!
Of course those connections will present themselves and the news organizations will go on reporting them but don't expect any kind of overt acknowledgement much less editorial commentary. The editors have posited that Muslims are Muslims first and citizens second. As such they must be spared the brusing hurly-burly that the rest of us undergo.
Friends, has it sunk in what kind of line has been crossed in American civic life this past week? America's editors have just locked themselves in a 3rd teir jail cell and thrown the keys outside. And with no prior reaction from the wider American Muslim community. Based solely on the fears of the various editorial boards.
To cover their shame further look for this kind of reasoning from America's editors: "it's their culture!" Culture, as we all know, is sacrosanct and immutable in leftist thought; you don't tamper with culture, the holiest of holies. Only imperialists colonialists and conquistadors mess with culture and always with negative result. So look for a lot of harumphing about "it is not the place of the city desk to bash Muslim culture," etc...
Posted by: das on February 12, 2006 06:28 PMThanks to Sound Politics for posting the 'toons.
b) Republican Radio had this weekend the leader of Muslims for America - good listen.
Posted by: Ho-Hum on February 12, 2006 07:35 PMNow what some witty political cartoonist must do is present a totally blank cartoon square with the caption underneath saying:
"Mohammed, the Compassionate, the Merciful"
Then we'd be in for a whole other s--t cycle this time for hinting that Mohammed doesn't exist. Once you cave into religious sensibility there is no end to it.
Rather than being pi**ed off and writing about it - hit whoever is surrendering - they need to be smacked.
Show them where the outrage is !
One concession to Hitler's early demands was to never allow Churchill to be prime minister.
The best way to placate these terrorists is with the hardest kick in the nose ink and paper can deliver.
Posted by: Andy on February 12, 2006 10:28 PMIt's either going to be the hardest kick in the nose ink and paper can deliver, or the hardest kick in the nose that the vast array of American weaponry and technological might can deliver. The Muslims and the Lamestream media seem to be encouraging the latter.
Americans value heroes that show courage and dominance under pressure. You won't find any of that in the still stoned 60s liberals running the lamestream media.
that's nice, but we absolutely need a free press. Jocks don't really do that much for us.
Posted by: Manco_Dollars on February 12, 2006 11:32 PMConcordbridge
Posted by: ConcordBridge on February 13, 2006 12:38 PM