Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update
* crackling all over wires over the weekend were stories that Dutch cartoonist known as Gregorius Nekschotwas arrested last Tuesday in his home in Amsterdam, and his house was searched. He was released Friday. At the heart of the detention (30 hours) and search were cartoons Nekschot posted to the Internet that criticized elements of Islam as well as Dutch politics. One report has 10 different policemen showing up to make the arrest, which I guess makes Nekschot the biggest bad-ass in cartooning history. All kidding aside, this seems at first glance intolerably awful, and no second glance has showed up over the weekend with a dissenting viewpoint that convinces me the first glance isn't totally accurate.
