I may disagree with Pat Condell’s stance on religion in general, but I wholeheartedly agree with him when it comes to Islam. The Politicians are too willing to bend forward to that Disease, wrapped around an Ideology, inside a Cult. And The People are fed up with that and see right through the BS.
Here’s his latest diatribe, “A Word To Rioting Muslims”:
Mohammed cartoon controversy comes to Canada: Security concerns cancel 2 Lars Vilks dates
NB: Lars Vilks, Mohammed Cartoonist, will be in Toronto Sunday Oct 3. Ticket information here.
“It appears that Mr. Vilks is considered a very high security threat by U.S. law enforcement, and it was decided that they would cancel because they could not secure the event to everyone’s liking,” Ambrogio said.
Much more information is available at Gates of Vienna:
If you have a blog, a Facebook page, or a website, you can participate in the art project by visiting this site and putting the Mo-doggie graphic on your sidebar, wall, or web page:
Support Free Speech: Join Lars Vilks’ Art Project
The onus should NEVER be on the speaker to pay for security against leftist and/or jihadist thugs who use threatened or actual violence to suppress the freedoms of speech, the press, and assembly.
It is the job of the government to round up, arrest, try, and imprison (or deport) ALL lawbreakers who suppress our freedoms by threatening or committing violent acts, regardless of the religion or ideology espoused by the perpetrators.
Our public safety authorities have completely failed to do their jobs. There is absolutely NO excuse for this!
Vilks is no cartoonist. He is an artist, art critic, art history phd, writer and debateur.
I have been following the issue of cartoon censorship for quite some time, including the persecution of “Mo-toon” cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
Too many governments and media organizations that should have stood on principle have instead taken the cowardly way out of dhimmitude; in other words, throwing free speech and the truth under the bus for the sake of appeasement of, and capitulation to, Islam.
Thus far, too few people in the public sphere have stood up for Kurt Westergaard and his fellow cartoonists. I am pleased to acknowledge that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has realized that it is her duty as head of state to take a stand for freedom of speech and of the press.
Jihad Watch: Germany: Merkel to speak at event honoring Motoonist Kurt Westergaard
Predictably, “Aiman Mazyek of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany said in a statement: ‘Merkel is honoring the cartoonist who in our view trampled on our Prophet and trampled on all Muslims’.”
Are your prophet and religion really so fragile that one man’s drawing can “trample” them? No, the real issue is a wounded sense of entitlement to be above criticism, ridicule, and satire, all of which are non-negotiable in the Western tradition of free speech. [emphasis mine]
“Merkel to honor Mohammed cartoonist at press award,” by Stephen Brown and Knut Engelmann for Reuters, September 8 (thanks to JG):
(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel risked angering Muslims by speaking at an awards ceremony on Wednesday for a Dane whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked sometimes violent protests by Muslims five years ago.
The 75-year-old cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of Mohammed that offended Muslims worldwide first appeared in Danish paper Jyllands-Posten in 2005, was due to receive a prize Wednesday evening at a conference on freedom of the press…
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The threats have begun! Earlier today I followed a link from Michelle Malkin’s site and found a wealth of nastiness on this Facebook Page: Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. The admin of that page has received threats and harrassing phone calls, and has refused to take it down or delete threads.
For your entertainment, here are some of the charming responses to the concept of Freedom of Speech, after the break. And with reverence for the First Amendment, this is an Overnight Open Thread.
Related posts here and there, this, and that.
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