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Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:43:29 +0000

[...] Danish Muslim Cartoons: Blogger Hypocrisy?Outside Beltway - Anne Applebaum has an interesting look at the cultural subplots that have unfolded vis-a-vis the Danish cartoons of Mohammad and the subsequent violence in the Muslim world. The one sure to get the most attention in the blogosphere, since it focuses [...]

By: Shari

Shari — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:34:56 +0000

I wonder why the media has to put it's two cents in. Why not just facts, no comparisons, no "I think". We have been subject to the medias Ideas of what we need to know for quite sometime and they usually get it wrong. I have not seen this cartoon but there are cartoon that mock the POPE and I have seen some that mock any religion they have at hand. If the Muslim world is that volatile I think ( here I go) that we should all pull out of the countries and let them fight it out then we can deal with whats left over. Or maybe we should just go bonkers over them buring the American Flag..oh wait we have better thing to do than worry about why they have flipped there lids this time because tomorrow it will be a different reason.

By: MATT TAYLOR

MATT TAYLOR — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:03:27 +0000

it just goes to show Muslims lack a sense of humor! If we freaked out every time a Muslim burned the American flag there wouldn't be any Muslims left. Actually, that's not such a bad idea. If there were no Muslims left on the planet we might have a real chance at world peace!

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:54:45 +0000

John and Kent are right: She's a superb journalist and quite demonstrably female. She's generally an excellent, fair source on what's going on in the Middle East. I just disagree with her on this particular comparison.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:26:28 +0000

some female wanabe named Anne Applebaum

Err... I don't think she's a female wanabe. The bio link strongly suggests she is already female.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:52:28 +0000

Anne Applebaum isn't some wannabe. She's a very good journalist with more than a few books under her belt. She currently writes as a columnist at The Washington Post. I've known her since she was an editor at The Spectator in London, in the early 90s. I do agree with James, though, that this piece is a bit of apples-and-oranges, though note that the column in which Newsweek published its allegations was more of a gossipy, "what's hot this week" thing, not in their news pages proper.

By: Herb

Herb — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:40:25 +0000

All of a sudden, some female wanabe named Anne Applebaum is an authorty on the Muslim riots that have taken a number of lives. I have never heard of her, who is she? some crackpot reporter who gets her jollies off with some cock and bull theory anout the Muslim riots. I get so sick and tired of these so called "Experts" who seem to get a high on making the US look bad by making every radical Muslim concern a reason to blame their radical beliefs on the US.

People like Anne Applebalm (sounds like the name of a cream to reduce muscle pain) is nothing more than some goofy broad out to make a name for herself. I bet someone like the NYT would hire in a minute.

Let's face it, the Islamic faith is a Radical and violent faith, and those who practice the extremes of this faith are and will continue to be a threat to all civilized people thruout the world. Cartoons, LOL, just another excuse.

By: The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:36:15 +0000

Crazy Sam #20, #21, #22...

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By: legion

legion — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:59:09 +0000

James,
You're right that news stories are very different (or should be) from editorial cartoons. That said, I wonder how many death threats Tom Toles and Ted Rall have in their files...

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:10:35 +0000

It didn't cause them. James, think; Where would Afghan citizens obtain Danish flags in the numbers we're seeing them burned in? Such things are generally not found in the kit bag of your average Afghan. The logical conclusion is that they were supplied. I'd like you to consider also that the all-important question of "to cartoon or not cartoon" seems to have supplanted the larger issue of Iranian Nuclear movments in the mind's eye of the American public, and certainly of the Danes and the UN. Is it possible that these protests, 6 months after the cartoons were published and forgotten... protests that even a lot of Islamics are saying are overblown, are someone's attempts at misdirection?