Comments on: The following cartoon has been banned by over 20 newspapers https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/ Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Gibson https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524258 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:55:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524258 After not finding him anywhere else in the drawing, I assumed he was in the portapotty….

]]> By: Glendon Mellow https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524257 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:19:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524257 How far will the fear go? Is the west giving up freedom of speech?

]]> By: Mediajackal https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524256 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:06:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524256 Out of curiosity — certainly with no malice aforethought — which papers have caved in?

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524255 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:30:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524255 And of course the requisite remark that has to occur at this point:

The following is a depiction Muhammad (and not Muhammad Ali or anything like that but the Muhammad who lived about 1400 years ago and claimed to be a prophet):

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]]> By: LarianLeQuella https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524254 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:19:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524254

Pulling this cartoon is not only an act of gratuitous fear, but it is also an admission of defeat and a demonstration of stupidity.

Actually, I think I would reckon that the pulling of this cartoon is attributable to 100% pure, unadulterated STUPIDITY…

]]> By: Spanish Inquisitor https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524253 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:13:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524253 The terrorists have won.

]]> By: SimonG https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524252 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:59:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524252 The irony is stunning.

]]> By: Ed S. https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524251 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:07:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524251 Censored. Thereby confirming the point of the cartoon.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524250 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:47:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/03/the-following-cartoon-has-been/#comment-524250 It must be because it is offensive to Hippos???

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