I'm finding this cartoon dust-up very interesting. An article on it in tomorrow's Washington Post is weighted against the newspapers that published the drawings. That's not surprising, as the Post managed to do a three-page write up on drawings without reprinting one of them.
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UPDATE:
Some people remind me of crazy-ass African bees:
About 300 militant Indonesian Muslims went on a rampage inside the lobby of a Jakarta building housing the Danish embassy on Friday in protest over cartoons that Muslims say insult Islam and the Prophet Mohammad.Shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest), the white-clad protesters from the hardline Islamic Defender's Front (FPI) smashed lamps with bamboo sticks and threw chairs around in anger at cartoons originally published by a Danish daily.
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About 100 Indonesian policemen watched the FPI protesters as they made fiery speeches calling on the government of the world's most populous Muslim nation to sever diplomatic ties with Denmark and evict its ambassador.The protesters dispersed after an hour. There were no arrests.
Of course there weren't.
Posted by floridacracker at February 2, 2006 11:39 PMSo, do you think all the protesters read a copy of the Danish newspaper, or did someone have to tell them that they were offended?
Posted by: Greg at February 3, 2006 08:31 AMThe Saudis went around stirring up the shit.
Posted by: Donnah at February 3, 2006 12:11 PM