02-22-2006, 12:17 AM
The ones who claim that since Muslim sensibilities are hurt and therefore the cartoons should be printed no more and that Danes should apologise are setting a dangerous precedent, this idea that Europe should somehow change its norms to accomodate every new group under the guise of multi culturalism is no different from the nonsense we hear in India about composite culture, one of the cardinal principles upoen which modern day Europe has been built is absolute freedom of expression and if people do not like something they can protest but cannot take to violence, if tomorrow should all VOI books on Islam be banned because Muslims feel hurt?, books like Ram Swarup's "Understanding Islam Through Hadis: Religious faith or Fanaticism?" have already been banned under the guise of hurt sentiments and Muslim hooliganism, if these harmless cartoons hurt their sentiments then the Quran hurts my sentiments also with its repeated hate mongering against non Muslims and incitement to violence, muder and rapine of non Muslims, so ban the Quran first then we can ban other books also.