Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson Debates Limits to Freedom of Expression

Philadelphia editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been out front in discussions on the free speech repurcussions of the Danish Cartoons Controversy, and working in the political and cultural hotbed that is the City of Brotherly Love may be the most routinely publically criticized cartoonist working. Here she argues and counter-argues on the subject in a more formal debate set-up.

"For the US press, this current controversy was not about American cartoonists, but whether to run the Danish cartoons. Most papers, including some of the 'alternative papers,' which regularly ridicule religions, chose not to run them. Consequently, most Americans never had a chance to see whether the cartoons really were offensive. Instead, all Americans saw were the angry faces of what looked like irrational Muslims rioting. If editors had let their readers see the images, readers might have understood why Muslims were insulted."

Her debate partner is British journalist Felicity Arbuthnot.
 
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