On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:33:10 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 21:28:50 +0000 (UTC), (Glitter
>Ninja) wrote:
>
>>Dave Smith > writes:
>>>Curly Sue wrote:
>>
>>>> The media sources which printed and reprinted the cartoons knew what
>>>> they were doing and where this would lead.
>>
>>>How could they know that it would lead to violent demonstrations and acts
>>>of arson?
>>
>> Don't be disingenuous. The cartoons (there are 13 of them) are almost
>>entirely negative and were the product of months of newspapers provoking
>>and criticising the Muslims in their country. They did it to
>>antagonize, end of story.
>
>Bullshit. Pure, unadulterated bullshit.
>
>The paper, with a circulation of about 150k, by the way, is a liberal
>one.

Specifically, liberal-independent-right-wing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten

> Below is a quote from an interview from Newsweek with the section
>editor who made the decision to publish.
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11179140/site/newsweek/
>
>
>>ROSE: I was concerned about a tendency toward self-censorship among
>>people in artistic and cultural circles in Europe. That's why I
>>commissioned these cartoons, to test this tendency and to start a
>>debate about it.

Oh sure. Not by starting it with discussion or civil discourse with
the interested parties, but by firing a shot and see where it hits.

>>(ROSE) It was not a media stunt.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!

>>(ROSE) These cartoons do not
>>treat Muslims in any other way than we treat other citizens in this
>>country. By treating them as equals, we are saying, "You are equal."

Except that he commissioned cartoonists to do this highlighted series
rather than simply run them one at a time at random.

These guys can blah-blah all they want about their high-minded ideals
and who they didn't want to offend, but there's no doubt that they
were looking for a rumble. So they got it.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!