Phil: I suspect, however, that the commotion
centers around a few particular cartoons,
especially the one I noted of Mohammad with a bomb
on his head. There is nothing redeeming about
that cartoon. It exists only to provoke outrage.
Shame on the cartoonist and shame on a culture
that justifies it.
Eric: Phil, this time you are as wrong as wrong
can be.
Some cartoons exist ONLY to provoke outrage. How
about Honore Daumier's satirical lithographs that
caused such furor in the 1830s? Outrage is an
important product of art.
Bombhead Muhammed is particularly apt. It asks,
"Why do some Muslims hide their use of C-4 behind
the Prophet?"
Shame on a culture that is so brittle and
repressive it cannot take satire and deal with the
outrage of being shown its worst side.
And by the way, what about the cartoon of the
cartoonist nervously drawing Muhammed, while
glancing behind his back?
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