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The only cartoon that I saw was the one with Mohammad wearing a bomb-shaped
turban. I confess that such satire seems perfectly appropriate, given the
active encouragement of the fundamentalist Muslim cleric for bombing
activities. How respectful can one be expected to feel towards sanctioned
suicide bombers?
BTW, I lived in Libya for about one year, so I'm not speaking from a base of
complete ignorance about Muslim traditional values. Respect, in other
words, frequently seems to be a one-way street when it comes to fervent
practitioners of fundamentalist religions (not just the Islamic ones,
either; *all* of the fundamentalists that I've encountered seemed tolerant
of only their own value sets).
--Doug
On 2/20/06, Roger Frye <rfrye at commodicast.com> wrote:
>
> The 12 cartoons published by Jyllands-Posten, which you can find on the
> web, don't tell the whole story. I saw the other three, very gross
> cartoons that were confused with them, and I believe these triggered the
> outrage. Even so, it is very hard for us to understand the taboos of
> other religions. Roman catholicism and orthodoxy split over iconography.
> Judaism prohibited the naming of god (JHWH), and Christians prohibited
> swearing in the name of god (Jehosephat, 'sWounds). Hindus prohibited
> beef, while jews and muslims prohibited pork and the mixing of meat and
> dairy. Westerners have become extremely desensitized to these
> prohibitions. Americans can't even understand British revulsion to blood
> and gore.
> -Roger
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