Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* something called Sun News Network launched last week and garnered a certain amount of publicity and commentary by airing the Danish Muhammad Cartoons very, very early in its broadcasting history. I'm not even sure I remember exactly what I'm supposed to think about that kind of thing at this point, to be honest. I think it's basically that I believed in the matter-of-fact necessity of the cartoons' publication at a time when seeing those cartoons answered questions that when unanswered led to violence, fear and death. I am much less confident that it's necessary or wise to republish them to make the point that one has the right to do so, or to illustrate one's personal story regarding the cultural event of their publication and all that followed. I know many disagree.

* Said Jaziri, the outspoken Canadian cleric during the period following the cartoons' publication who was arrested a while back trying to sneak into the US in the truck of a car, would like to return to Canada, please.

* it's hard not to sigh repeatedly when you see historical depictions of Muhammad in cartoon form that likely upset no one. I think we're past the point where anyone would argue that the bulk of objections to the Danish Cartoons were totally and completely bereft of any consideration of motive or intent, but it's still worth being reminded that such depictions existed.
 
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