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March 3, 2008


Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* here's an update on the bomb-in-turban cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. He and his wife were made homeless when the hotel where they were staying following death threats asked them to leave. The mental image of their protective agent helping them serve Christmas party guests is both funny and so, so sad.

* you ever feel bad for that kid in your class named Bill Clinton or John Depp or Tom Brady some other appellation that became famous after they'd been happily sporting it for years? You should feel even worse for the 80 other Kurt Westergaards in Denmark.

* if it were me, I would just do an exhibit on puppies or something.

* just as happened last time, Afghani protesters demanded that Danish troops leave their country. They throw in the Dutch, too, I guess just to be safe. Actually, it's probably because of another piece of art that offends.
 
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