As reported by the NY Times, an upcoming book on the Danish cartoon controversy will not be allowed to actually depict the Danish cartoons. In addition, a number of other depictions of Mohammed -- ones that are widely available and previously uncontroversial -- will be removed from the book.
That's right: People are so afraid of these images that you can't even reprint them in a book about it.
Sigh.
Via richarddawkins.net.
The existing protections must not be eroded
3 hours ago
Yup. That's pretty incredible.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, they may have won that particular battle but, as insensitive Americans, we can all still be proud of things like this.