Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Introducing a New Feature:
"What They Said (or Did) and What They Should Have Said (or Done)."
Really rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
Item: A cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicting the prophet Mohammed with a bomb for a turban has set off violent protests across the Muslim world.
What The White House Said: "We find [the cartoons] offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive."
What They Should Have Said: "While we understand why Muslims would find these cartoons offensive, we of course believe free speech and freedom of the press to be bedrock principles of a free society, without which neither democracy nor freedom of religion could flourish."
Really rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?
Item: A cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicting the prophet Mohammed with a bomb for a turban has set off violent protests across the Muslim world.
What The White House Said: "We find [the cartoons] offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive."
What They Should Have Said: "While we understand why Muslims would find these cartoons offensive, we of course believe free speech and freedom of the press to be bedrock principles of a free society, without which neither democracy nor freedom of religion could flourish."
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you could change the name of the feature to:
"what they actually said, and what i would like to have kate winslet whisper into my ear in my jolly, candy-like dreamworld."
or not.
anyway... what kills me is that the white house sided with the radical islamic extremists. they just can't do anything right!!
i think the everyday average muslim let it slide - although there haven't been any danishes on display at my 7-11* all week. weird.
*not a stereotype, they really are muslim!
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"what they actually said, and what i would like to have kate winslet whisper into my ear in my jolly, candy-like dreamworld."
or not.
anyway... what kills me is that the white house sided with the radical islamic extremists. they just can't do anything right!!
i think the everyday average muslim let it slide - although there haven't been any danishes on display at my 7-11* all week. weird.
*not a stereotype, they really are muslim!
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