--- Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't quite understand this point: the "free > > speech" defence of publishing the cartoons is in > fact > > a very US one. > > The US press response has been "we don't want to > offend the Arabs". Of some 5,000 > newspapers, only four or five minor papers have > printed the cartoons. None of the major > papers have printed them. I agree with this -- our newspapers have been somewhat like this too, though. . The US press has been cowed > into submission. Ours hasn't so there's more at work here. Judy Evans, Cardiff ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html