re: #30 charles_martel

Of the original Danish cartoons, only a few were actually (or potentially) offensive. Several were simply depictions of a regular guy. What caused the stir was a couple of Danish imams who added a few of their own, really offensive images, and took them down to the ME and stirred up the trouble months later. So, in actuality, the whole cartoon outrage was totally manufactured.

I agree that only a few were offensive. Some of them I thought were rather charming, and many resembled images from Muslim art, hilariously enough.

What bothered me is that I understand the artists were being asked to submit them, and they were published, in response to a perceived ban on doing such a thing by Muslim protesters.

I am bothered by the idea that breaking a faith’s prohibitions, when one is not a member of the faith or community, should be considered ‘edgy’, artistic or appropriate. I would not have minded if they were individual political cartoons, but the story, as I understood it, struck me as somewhat distasteful.

Just a matter of taste and opinion.