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...atheist, I find it astonishing and almost laughable that a cartoon can cause so much offense. We need to educate ourselves and enjoy life without the blind faith of religion. And as for the cartoon? Really, go read something else if it offends you. Chris Howard London...
...single parent families, where only women wrestle with the challenges of balancing work and family, juggling roles, making ends meet in a grumpy economy. Whatever island the men live on, they apparently don't fret, don't agonize, don't judge each other and don't get drawn as cartoon characters like Working Dad who is depriving his kids vs. Stay At Home Dad who is obsessing over them...
...strange aftermath of the Danish cartoon scandal, the most insightful and incisive critique of the affair and the subsequent reaction came from within the Muslim world itself. Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani, in a piece for the Jordanian tabloid al-Shihan—for which Momani has been subsequently vilified—posed the following question: “What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures of a hostage taker slashing the throat of his victim in front of the cameras, or a suicide bomber who blows himself up during a wedding ceremony...
...Shiite majority. Shiites in Iraq, as well as world-wide, have a rare opportunity to disassociate themselves in the eyes of the international community from the ceaseless violence of their Sunni counterparts. One of the key revelations of the Muslim world’s reaction to the cartoon scandal was that many in the Muslim community are deeply frustrated by the West’s perception of the religion and its followers as a source of violent behavior. The recent Sunni bombings in Iraq, then, provide a crucial opportunity for peaceful Muslim’s to promote sympathy with their...
...that’s not even mentioning cartoon animals like Porky Pig, whose comedic stammering, though perhaps politically incorrect, is scientifically sound. Shell finds that the logic of Porky’s jokes follows a human stutterer’s efforts to achieve fluidity...