[lit-ideas] Re: Link to "Mohammed" cartoons
- From: dsavory@xxxxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:18:31 -0800
Quoting John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> --- dsavory@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >>Way to completely miss the point Stan. If you knew
> >>anything about Islam you'd
> >>know you don't draw pictures of Muhammad. Period.
> >>
> >>
> This today is generally true, but it's not the historical truth.
Again, missing the point. This is a bit like arguing "It used to be OK to use
the word nigger." Nigger isn't our word to use and Muhammad isn't our prophet
to depict however we like.
The idea that we can appropriate cultural products and use them willy-nilly is
racism, pure and simple.
David Savory
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