Yes, it’s fascism. February 11, 2006
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Must-read over at Adbusters about the shape of things in the world, especially America.
“10 Reasons Behind Islamic Terror” and further ranting about those damn cartoons February 10, 2006
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Here’s a great post over at the Annalog about so-called “muslim violence”. A comment on the same article on Newsvine neatly sums it up:
“They aren’t burning down embassies because of a cartoon, they are burning down embassies because we’ve shit on them and this was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
On a related note, Kofi Annan hit the spot today with this quote:
“Let me say that, honestly, I do not understand why any newspaper will publish the cartoons today. It is insensitive, it is offensive, it is provocative, and they should see what has happened around the world. This does not mean that I am against freedom of speech, or freedom of the press. Yes, I am for that, but as I have indicated in the past, freedom of speech is not a license. It does entail exercising responsibility and judgment, and quite honestly I cannot understand why any editor will publish cartoons at this time which inflames, and pours oil on the fire.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Maybe that’s why he’s the Secretary General, and not me.
Six more weeks of winter February 2, 2006
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Today in Punxsatawney, Phil the Groundhog (of ‘Groundhog Day’ movie fame) reportedly saw his own shadow, so we’re in for six more weeks of winter. Curses.
My support for the Mohammed caricatures February 2, 2006
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Well, I guess you all have heard about the beef about the cartoons that Jyllands-Posten published by this time. Swedish newspaper Expressen reports that Norwegian bloggers have started a protest, reprinting the Mohammed cartoons to show their support for “free speech”. A whopping “16 or 17 bloggers” have joined the protest so far. The Moslem world is surely cowering in fear after this demonstration of force and determination.
I’m convinced that the Norwegian bloggers would of course support pictures like this one and this one too, so I’ve decided to join their cause and reprint one of the cartoons:
