Hamburger Morgenpost was reportedly fire bombed today in Hamburg after the German newspaper that reprinted cartoons of Islamic prophet Mohammed from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo.
Charlie Hebdo was the scene of the massacre this last week after publishing its own cover with the mocking cartoons of Mohammad.
The paper has put the cartoon on its front page with the headline “This much freedom must be possible!”.
Notably, despite the obvious news value of readers seeing the cartoons in question, U.S. media has largely refused to reprint the cartoons — as opposed to many in France. It is an act of self-censorship that is troubling and is reminiscent of the disgraceful decision of Yale University Press a few years ago. Yale University Press published Jytte Klausen’s “The Cartoons That Shook the World” (on the cartoons that led to riots and over 200 killed in protests worldwide). However, Yale removed the the 12 cartoons from the book so not to insult Muslims. Thus, you could read the book but not actually see the cartoons themselves. It was a decision by Yale University Press that is still discussed as anti-intellectual and cowardly in academic circles.
The New York Daily News even blurred out a picture of an editor holding up a newspaper with one of the cartoons.
Here is a link to the cartoons beyond the one shown above on the cover of Charlie Hebdo: The Charlie Hebdo Cartoons.
Pork Chop, Thanks for the info. However, it appears we can still count the US papers w/ balls on one hand. And, in order to be tolerant to all religions and ethnicities, can you please change your name to Lamb Chop. As far as I can tell, no group is opposed to eating lamb. Of course, Shari Lewis’ estate might have a copyright on the name, Lamb Chop.
Porkchop you realize your very name insults all Muslims.
How dare you sir. How dare you!
Fascism needs cowards and the US is full of them.
Nick Spinelli and others: FYI, The Washington Post published the one of the Charlie Hebdo covers in its January 8 print edition.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/01/08/washington-post-opinions-section-publishes-controversial-charlie-hebdo-cartoon/
The odds of having a rain-soaked Sunday UT are fairly astronomical. 😀
Olly, I was pleased to read the Sunday Union Tribune and see some of the cartoons, albeit a bit rain soaked.
Olly, I have seen a conflict between JT. He is a strong supporter of the Constitution. But, he is also infected w/ the PC virus. As you know, there is a PC pandemic in this country and DC is a petri dish for that. That inner conflict within JT plays itself out @ times here. We are all flawed.
Muslim terrorism has been just one of the many benefits of multiculturalism.
Nick,
I would be very disappointed to learn JT chose to censor his own blog.
I feel sorry for the good Muslims because when push comes to shove they’re going down with the rest of them
Olly, Really not that many barristers here.
All the attorney’s in the house and no answer as to why publishing the photos in this blog would violate copyright laws?
Ignored @ FFS, and here as well.
Charlie Sheen once had sex with two porn stars with a strap on Jimmy Dean pork sausage.
That was good for a fatwa right there.
They’re all Muslims, some are FUNDMENTALISTS some are not. It’s time to recognize what the real problem is and that is fundamentalism. When a group of believers feels that they are in the right because they have a Divine imperative, then we are in dangerous territory. FUNDMENTALISTS are extremists. There are no gray areas with these extreme authoritarians.
Charlie Sheen
He offends all Muslims everywhere.
You can look it up.
HuffPo and Buzzfeed.
ChipS and Buzzfeed so far are the only 2 outlets w/ some balls.
The US MSM are just doing what their king expects of them, do not blaspheme the prophet. Our Appeaser in Chief. We will be mopping up for his cowardice and incompetence when he finally goes to Palm Springs to golf the rest of his life.
Charlie who??