tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124749.post113898431705093602..comments2023-07-05T08:12:04.404-04:00Comments on UnCivil Defence: Taking Offence Offensively....Michael Jarrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11482933886376216416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19124749.post-1139232138927772052006-02-06T08:22:00.000-05:002006-02-06T08:22:00.000-05:00I live in Denmark, in Århus actually, where Jyllan...I live in Denmark, in Århus actually, where Jyllands Posten is published. The cartoons came out last September. The 'local' Muslims weren't happy of course and there were street demos in København. Then not much, a debate but not much more. Most Danes had forgotten about it, and so it seemed, had muslims here.<BR/><BR/>Then near Christmas, a group of Imams in Denmark decided to go round the mid East and stir it up. And here we are. Personally, I lay the blame for the current problems with them. They've been called 'traitors' by the right-wing party here.<BR/><BR/>Now, it leads every news broadcast, and these pictures they didn't want published or seen in the first place, are shown just about every time the problem is mentioned. Well done!<BR/><BR/>Problem is, Muslims and people in the Middle/Far East cannot (or refuse to) understand that if they have a problem with the cartoons, they take it up with Jyllands Posten. Denmark, the Danish people and especially the PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen have NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. The paper does not represent Denmark, taking sanctions against Denmark isn't hitting the paper.<BR/><BR/>Of course now we've got Arab/Muslim countries and Muslims in the West trying to out-do each other in their show of 'outrage'. And dictatorships like Syria playing to Arab opinion ("look, ignore what we're doing to the Lebanese, look how annoyed we are with some, erm...cartoons!"), by allowing the Danish embassy to be burned down.<BR/><BR/>If Muslims had ignored it back in September, people across the world would have been saying "eh? 'Jutland's what?". Now, people in New Zealand know all about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com