Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update

* so yesterday was Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.

* most of the political coverage was about Pakistani reaction, including the blocking of networking media that might carry news of the offending day to the people of that country.

* original Danish Cartoons Controversy cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was apparently in favor.

* as many articles noted, perhaps most strongly this one in the Guardian, the cartoonist who did the original "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" cartoon wanted no part of yesterday's event.

* Reason had a contest.

* the Christian Science Monitor ran an editorial by Husna Haq that sought to explain exactly the nature and depth of the offense felt by many Muslims when these things are done. There are a number of such editorials around the Internet today. (I think the editorial in that last link is largely idiotic, but I'm sure it's well meaning.)

* finally, in a grand collision of two of this site's most frequently blogged subjects, controversial South African cartoonist Zapiro's panel on the event drew attempts at court blockage, death threats, and the newspaper's defense.
 
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