{"id":6349,"date":"2009-09-08T22:19:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T22:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2009\/09\/08\/cartoons-of-muhammad-yale-step\/"},"modified":"2009-09-08T22:19:56","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T22:19:56","slug":"cartoons-of-muhammad-yale-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/08\/cartoons-of-muhammad-yale-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons of Muhammad: Yale steps in it."},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a story written in ancient Chinese documents that goes something like this:
\n<\/p>\n

The Emperor has become enraged at a peasant who committed a misdemeanor. The Emperor has unjustifiably beheaded the peasant.<\/p>\n

The Emperor has asked the court historian (me) to remove the previous reference to his inappropriate rage. I have refused.<\/p>\n

(slight change in calligraphic style)<\/p>\n

The Emperor, who previously unjustly removed the head of a man for a minor crime, has unjustly removed the head of the previous historian. I am the new historian.<\/p>\n

The Emperor on seeing my previous entry has asked me to remove it. I refused.<\/p>\n

(slight change in calligraphic style)<\/p>\n

Previous historian has been beheaded by the Emperor. I am the new historian.<\/p>\n

I have been asked by the emperor to remove all prior references to his unjust beheading of various persons. I have refused.<\/p>\n

(slight change in calligraphic style)<\/p>\n

The Emperor has unjustly beheaded the previous historian, and I am appointed the new Emperor. <\/p>\n

The Emperor has asked me to remove prior references to his unjust beheadings. I have refused. <\/p>\n

The Emperor has just declared that he gives up on the problem of the obnoxious historians and shall allow me to live and the record to stand. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stupid Emperor. But he learned.<\/p>\n

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In the modern era we have a new problem. Dutch cartoonist makes fun of Muhammad. Batshit crazy Islamic fundamentalists decide to kill the cartoonist.<\/p>\n

Then, everybody else with a copy of the cartoons is advised by their lawyer to dump the cartoons.<\/p>\n

And they comply. Surely, the end of civilization is near.<\/p>\n

Yale University has removed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book about how they caused outrage across the Muslim world, drawing criticism from prominent alumni and a national group of university professors. Yale cited fears of violence.<\/p>\n

Yale University Press, which the university owns, removed the 12 caricatures from the book The Cartoons That Shook the World by Brandeis University professor Jytte Klausen. The book is scheduled to be released next week.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“I think it’s horrifying that the campus of Nathan Hale has become the first place where America surrenders to this kind of fear because of what extremists might possibly do,” said Michael Steinberg, an attorney and Yale graduate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nRead the rest of the story here. <\/a><\/p>\n

Hat Tip: August Berkshire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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