Reply to: Heroic Cartoonists.

[norrahe]

WHS - remember the furore in the USA when Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ. However, I do agree that some nutters do take things to an extreme.

With regards the original cartoons, there was a particular agenda being followed when they were published. Do a search and you may find details of this.

At the end of the day a few nutjob catholics who are up in arms over a film will not try and kill anyone or blow themselves up in the process.They may protest, write to the bbc, but that's about it.


Your everyday Islamic fundamentalist on the other hand......................

[Clippy]

Absolutely. You'd never see Christians protesting and picketing cinemas over such things as say, The Life of Brian.

There are plenty who do protest, they just don't get as much media coverage. It must be fun to work in the media and write stories like "Look at the mad Moslems complaining over a silly joke picture" knowing full well that is is highly offensive.

You try publicly having a go at Popery and iconism in the Catholic Church in the High Street and see how long it takes before you get a punch in the gob. But it won't even appear in the local paper.

WHS - remember the furore in the USA when Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ. However, I do agree that some nutters do take things to an extreme.

With regards the original cartoons, there was a particular agenda being followed when they were published. Do a search and you may find details of this.

[ASB]

British Police are trained to aim for head and chest and basically shoot to kill, not shoot to wound (just ask Jean Charles de Menezes).

A large number of shots. Some of which missed from a range of 3 feet. British firearms can't even manage a proper execution.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Mark Steyn:

a significant percentage of Muslims in the west do not understand concepts such as pluralism and freedom of expression. A further percentage understand them very well but reject them as loser fetishes incompatible with the requirements of Islamic supremacism

[xoggoth]

Why are these people here anyway? Mostly useless and a risk to all of us.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6965717.ece

[AtW]

Absolutely. You'd never see Christians protesting and picketing cinemas over such things as say, The Life of Brian.

Protesting and picketing is one thing, trying to kill is totally different - Theo van Gogh got killed only recently (few years ago): his "crime" - he made legal movie under the laws of the country where he lived.

[xoggoth]

Even to the extent that is true RC, rowdy picketing or punching the culprit in the gob is hardly comparable to fatal attacks on anyone of the same faith who happens to be handy.

So Catholics have killed 15, injured hundreds and destroyed mosque/temples over an insult to the pope have they? As you say, funny we never heard about it.

Where Islam is concerned you and too many others live in a world where reality does not penetrate.

Here is the BBC's coverage just to remind you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4688602.stm

[RichardCranium]

How many times do you see cartoons in the paper taking the p!ss out of the pope/god/ jesus (insert religious icon here) and no one bats an eyelid.

Absolutely. You'd never see Christians protesting and picketing cinemas over such things as say, The Life of Brian.

There are plenty who do protest, they just don't get as much media coverage. It must be fun to work in the media and write stories like "Look at the mad Moslems complaining over a silly joke picture" knowing full well that is is highly offensive.

You try publicly having a go at Popery and iconism in the Catholic Church in the High Street and see how long it takes before you get a punch in the gob. But it won't even appear in the local paper.

[NickFitz]

If the dutch had similar training and SOPs, hitting him in the leg was piss poor shooting.

Although given that the Dutch were having to shoot somebody about 200 miles away in Denmark, they didn't do too badly

[norrahe]

Why is it one religion gets up in arms about a stupid cartoon and every other religion is happy for one another to take the mick and laughs it off.

How many times do you see cartoons in the paper taking the p!ss out of the pope/god/ jesus (insert religious icon here) and no one bats an eyelid.

[centurian]

Two rounds, two hits. Pretty good shots actually as the guy was waving an axe and machete. I would imagine the Police officer couldn't sort of stand-off and take his sweet time to aim.

British Police are trained to aim for head and chest and basically shoot to kill, not shoot to wound (just ask Jean Charles de Menezes).

If the dutch had similar training and SOPs, hitting him in the leg was piss poor shooting.

[threaded]

How come the hero gets to go in his panic room whilst leaving the child outside?

And how come the Somali scum is there in the first place?

And how come the Somali scum is still breathing with just two bullet holes in him?

Two rounds, two hits. Pretty good shots actually as the guy was waving an axe and machete. I would imagine the Police officer couldn't sort of stand-off and take his sweet time to aim.

There again they had to knock the story of an expected 10000 redundancies in Denmark, which is a pretty huge number in a country of 4mil, off the front pages one way or t'other.

[Doggy Styles]

Yup, sorry, i clicked the quote button on your post to generate the quote tags and inadvertently made you spokesman for the BBC!

Agree, shame he didn't get one between the eyes.

He might be useful.

James Bond is always getting told off for killing everyone before they could be interrogated.

[Durbs]

Er. I didn't post that by the way, in case anyone gets me confused with the namby pamby liberal lovies at the BBC.

I could sue for libel or something.

Or is it slander?

Anyway, why's the scumbag still breathing?

Yup, sorry, i clicked the quote button on your post to generate the quote tags and inadvertently made you spokesman for the BBC!

Agree, shame he didn't get one between the eyes.

[Durbs]

As i read it, him, his wife and the little girl were in the panic room with the guy trying to batter the door down.

The BBC's Malcolm Brabant, who interviewed Mr Westergaard when he emerged from hiding, says the incident will raise questions about security measures put in place by the Danish secret service to protect the artist.

Sounds like they did a good job to me, they turned up, entered the house and shot him. Can't ask better than that?