viernes, febrero 10, 2006

¿Callarán la próxima vez?

Los medios norteamericanos han sido una verguenza al no publicar las caricaturas en cuestión, pero como siempre, los más valientes han sido los más pequeños, como bien reporta Andrew Sullivan de nuevo:

"The New York Times won't. Time won't. CNN won't. The Washington Post won't. But a student paper will; and so does Seattle's alternative paper, "The Stranger." Read Bruce Bawer's essay as well. Money quote:

[W]hat’s happening here is that a gang of bullies—led by a country, Saudi Arabia, where Bibles are forbidden, Christians tortured, Jews routinely labeled “apes and pigs” in the state-controlled media, and apostasy from Islam punished by death—is trying to compel a tiny democracy to live by its own theocratic rules. To succumb to pressure from this gang would simply be to invite further pressure, and lead to further concessions—not just by Denmark but by all of democratic Europe. And when they’ve tamed Europe, they’ll come after America.

After all, the list of Western phenomena that offend the sensibilities of many Muslims is a long one—ranging from religious liberty, sexual equality, and the right of gay people not to have a wall dropped on them, to music, alcohol, dogs, and pork. After a few Danish cartoons, what’s next?

Do we need now to be "sensitive" toward Wahhabist Islam's treatment of women?"

Falta que el Reforma ahora no publique caricaturas que critiquen la próxima vez que en Arabia Saudita decapiten a gays o cuando musulmanes viertan ácido en la cara de mujeres en Alemania por atreverse a salir al supermercado sin la compañía de un hombre. ¿O se atrevería a publicar una caricatura de Benedicto XVI por prohibir el condón y fomentar que Africa muera de sida? No lo creo...

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