Dave Smith > wrote in
:

> Look at the stink that was raised 5 months after a Danish
> newspaper published a few seemingly harmless cartoons and their
> government refused to act because it infringed on free speech.
> Could you imagine what would happen if a western country dared to
> force a Moslem owned business not to discriminate.

Are you seriously suggesting that the Jyllands-Posten, a conservative
anti-immigration newspaper with an avowed anti-islamic stance before
the event, did not know that the caricatures would result in a major
upset among muslims?

See Decision by the Council of the Press in a matter of race
discrimination brought against the Jyllands-Posten, Copenhagen March
20th, 2002:

"Regardless the current debate about crimes committed by refugees and
immigrants we find that in the concrete case it is irrelevant to
mention the nationality of the two [Somali] sisters. In publishing
this information the newspaper has violated good press ethics,
according to section C. 4 in the guiding rules for good press ethics,
and therefore the council finds a basis for stating criticism of the
newspaper. Section C 4. states: "Any mention of family relations,
occupation, race, nationality, faith or relationship to an
organisation ought to be avoided, unless this has a direct relevance
to the case."

http://www.retsinfo.dk/_GETDOC_/ACCN...25-afgrTARGET=

Originally pro-fascist, the Jyllands-Posten has recent published a
number of racist and specifically anti-islamic comic books:

"Disguised as a Dane - a commentary to the current migration of
peoples." (1994) The frontcover shows a man dressed in Arabic attire,
shocked by his mirror image which shows him in Western dress.

"Other published books include Ayaan Hirsi Ali "I Accuse". The well
known Somali dissident who was officially recieved by the Prime
Minister during the build up to Mohammed cartoon crisis. And Irshad
Manji's book "The Problem with Islam" (2005)."

It seems on the face of it to be a question of freedom of speech, but
really it's a thin disguise for racism and hate literature.

Same holds for the Western Hairparter and their reprint following the
comments on Klein's wife. I don't like the man but that was hitting
below the belt.

--

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why
the poor have no food, they call me a communist."

Dom Helder Camara