Go, Read: The Butterfly & The Tornado

If you have a few minutes over the next couple of days, you might want to read this lengthy Ottawa Citizen article on the Danish Cartoons Controversy, told primarily from a little-explored perspective: that of Kaare Bluitgen, the childrens' book author that couldn't find an illustrator for his Muhammed project, which led to Jyllands-Posten pulling their Muhammed caricature stunt/protest. It should answer some nagging questions about some of the details of the events that followed -- for instance, a few of the initial cartoons were aimed at Bluitgen -- and provide additional context for the worldwide political reaction.
 
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