NY Times On The Cartoon Violence By The RoP

I doubt the Times meant to highlight exactly how violent the RoP actually is, but, they did! Editors must have been drunk due to Obama’s rapidly declining poll numbers. The Times gives a good time-line, and exposes the violence inherent in the RoP, particularly against the men who drew the cartoons.

Several men were arrested for plotting to kill Kurt Westergaard. There are bounties on the heads of Westergaard and his editor, Fleming Rose. Westergaard has to constantly move to avoid the RoP disciples.

In Egypt the speaker of the Parliament claimed Danes had violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which seemed a little rich coming just a few weeks after the European Parliament, which itself complained about the cartoons’ re-publication, condemned Egypt for the sorry state of its human rights.

Muslims threatened an art showing. A Berlin opera had to be cancelled. And we all know the violence, including arson and murder, that occurred at the time. But, this was 2005! Geez, move on.

“It was not about mocking a minority but a religious figure, the Prophet, so it was blasphemy, not racism,” Mr. Rose said of the cartoons. “The idea of challenging religious authority led to liberal democracy, whereas the singling out of minorities, as minorities, led to Nazism and the persecution of the bourgeoisie in Russia. So this distinction is crucial to understand.”

And in Islam, blasphemy is punishable by death. No appeals, no lengthy trials, just death.

Meanwhile, per Rusty at The Jawa Report, we find that the newest Osama tape includes a rant about, you got it! the cartoons

About 2 minutes in bin Laden claims:

that despite your publishing of the insulting drawings, you haven’t seen any reaction from the one and a half billion Muslims

Except for the violent demonstrations, the killing, the harming, the arson, the attempted murder.

What’s funny is that he rails against the U.S. for intentionally killing women and children, which he “testifies” that he has seen, and then compares that with the Mohammad cartoons. Which is worse? The Mo cartoons, of course!