Another metaphorical head (You have to make the distinction) has rolled for daring to publish the Motoons:
An editor who chose to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in the University of Illinois' student-run newspaper last month has been fired, the paper's publisher announced Tuesday.Acton H. Gorton was suspended, with pay, from The Daily Illini days after the Feb. 9 publication of the cartoons, which sparked Muslim protests around the world after they first appeared in a Danish newspaper.
At the time, Daily Illini publishers said the action was taken against Gorton not for publishing the cartoons, but for failing to discuss it with others in the newsroom first.
The board of directors, made up of students and faculty, voted unanimously to fire him.
The paper's opinions page editor, Chuck Prochaska, also was suspended for his role in publishing the cartoons. He declined to be reinstated, the board said.Prochaska said he and Gorton moved quickly to publish the cartoons because they were newsworthy.
"We had a news story on our hands, with violence erupting about imagery, but you can't show it because of a taboo, because of a taboo that's not a Western taboo but a Muslim taboo?" he said. "That's a blow to journalism."
The current Illini stance is that the cartoons are "hateful" and "anti-Islamic":
CAIR Web site defamed with hateful depictions
By: Christine Won
Issue date: 3/10/06 Section: NewsThe Council on American-Islamic Relations University chapter's Web page was vandalized Saturday afternoon. The Web site was hacked into and the Danish cartoons and similar anti-Islamic images were posted.
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"The hacking and defacement of our Web site qualifies as a hate crime," said Reem Rahman, director of the University's Council on American-Islamic Relations and junior in LAS. "Every single one of these drawings is exactly that. Hatred. And it dehumanizes."The incident was filed with the University police who are aggressively investigating in conjunction with other University departments such as CITES, Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Christensen said.
"Hate-filled and inflammatory images only serve to encourage those who would turn bigoted views into violent or discriminatory actions against ordinary American Muslims," said Rahman. "It presents a view of Muslims that is highly inaccurate, unbalanced and entirely self-defeating in attempting to ensure safety and justice within America."
Apparently, a "Hate Crime" as defined by these "people" is, either convert to their form of Islam, or pay tribute. Period.
That the elites of our society has chosen the later is sickening. It is also a wake up call to the rest of us to replace said elites.
paul
Posted by: paul at March 15, 2006 06:55 AMWhere have all the spines gone?
Posted by: Retread at March 15, 2006 08:28 AMMaybe someday those who fired Gorton will be ashamed of their actions.
But I'm not holding my breath.
Posted by: Russ at March 15, 2006 12:48 PMUnanimous. That was the part that really surprised me.
Posted by: Donnah at March 15, 2006 12:54 PMI thought it was pretty cool that the one guy
refused to go back, even though he was offered
reinstatement.
Yes, that was cool. I hope he gave them some choice words when he told them he wasn't coming back.
The good news is that the British have finally arrested five of those guys who were carrying those signs. We'll see how the prosecution goes.
Posted by: Donnah at March 16, 2006 11:27 PM