Freedom of Speech and Religious Satire
Feb. 2nd, 2006 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_cubedIt's amazing that in a row over whether or not a bunch of satirical cartoons are free to be published or should be censored because of religious sensibilities, nowhere on any BBC visual medium (i.e. TV and web) can i seem to find either the cartoons themselves or links to them online. Even the "this story in pictures" shows images of violent protest and the defacement of national flags but not the cartoons in question. Is this how the BBC stands up for journalistic freedom?
On the same week that the government was, thankfully, defeated on its ridiculous "religious hatred" proposals,this news story shows that the "clash of civilisations" is real. It also shows the power held by newspaper proprietors when the French-Egyptian owner of France Soir sacked the principle editor for reproducing the cartoons.
If I was one of the cartoonists involved I'd be asking everyone to put the cartoons in question up on their website in a show of support for freedom of political speech via art.
On the same week that the government was, thankfully, defeated on its ridiculous "religious hatred" proposals,this news story shows that the "clash of civilisations" is real. It also shows the power held by newspaper proprietors when the French-Egyptian owner of France Soir sacked the principle editor for reproducing the cartoons.
If I was one of the cartoonists involved I'd be asking everyone to put the cartoons in question up on their website in a show of support for freedom of political speech via art.
