From: Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at Rob wrote:
On 6/1/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote: Nobody really believes, that anyone would be afraid of drawing a Mohammed picture at home.
I would be afraid of doing *anything* at home were I targeted by a mob of violent religious fanatics. (A cartoonist would of course have nothing to fear from the sternly worded letters of non-violent reasonable religious folks.)
Surely, but why would you be targeted by a mob of violent religious fanatics?
Are you asking this rhetorically, or are you being obtuse? I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw the firebombings and threats related to the J-P cartoons.
John Lyden wrote:
From: Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at Rob wrote:
On 6/1/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote: Nobody really believes, that anyone would be afraid of drawing a Mohammed picture at home.
I would be afraid of doing *anything* at home were I targeted by a mob of violent religious fanatics. (A cartoonist would of course have nothing to fear from the sternly worded letters of non-violent reasonable religious folks.)
Surely, but why would you be targeted by a mob of violent religious fanatics?
Are you asking this rhetorically, or are you being obtuse? I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw the firebombings and threats related to the J-P cartoons.
I'm sorry, but I think you missunderstood me.
The burning embassies and other violant protests started after the cartoons have been *published*, not after some caricaturists have been drawing a picture of Mohammed at home. It is the publication and the many republications (incl. WP) which insulted resp. insults so many people, not some caricaturist drawing a picture at home.
On 6/1/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
The burning embassies and other violant protests started after the cartoons have been *published*, not after some caricaturists have been drawing a picture of Mohammed at home. It is the publication and the many republications (incl. WP) which insulted resp. insults so many people, not some caricaturist drawing a picture at home.
You enjoy hairsplitting, apparently.
Perhaps the cartoonist is drawing Mohammed for a second time.
Rob wrote:
On 6/1/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
The burning embassies and other violant protests started after the cartoons have been *published*, not after some caricaturists have been drawing a picture of Mohammed at home. It is the publication and the many republications (incl. WP) which insulted resp. insults so many people, not some caricaturist drawing a picture at home.
You enjoy hairsplitting, apparently.
Perhaps the cartoonist is drawing Mohammed for a second time.
Even if the cartoonist would draw Mohammed a third time, he wouldn't need be afraid as long as his drawings wouldn't have been published before.
Raphael Wegmann wrote:
Rob wrote:
On 6/1/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
The burning embassies and other violant protests started after the cartoons have been *published*, not after some caricaturists have been drawing a picture of Mohammed at home. It is the publication and the many republications (incl. WP) which insulted resp. insults so many people, not some caricaturist drawing a picture at home.
You enjoy hairsplitting, apparently. Perhaps the cartoonist is drawing Mohammed for a second time.
Even if the cartoonist would draw Mohammed a third time, he wouldn't need be afraid as long as his drawings wouldn't have been published before.
Cartoonists generally do draw things with the expectation that they will be published.
In any case, given your involvement with the J-P Muhammed cartoons article, I'm sure you can recall what prompted Jyllands-Posten to solicit those cartoons in the first place.
Ilmari Karonen wrote: <snip/>
In any case, given your involvement with the J-P Muhammed cartoons article, I'm sure you can recall what prompted Jyllands-Posten to solicit those cartoons in the first place.
They've stated, that they couldn't find an illustrator who was prepared to work on a children's book called "The Qur'an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad". IMHO this is very questionable. In fact I've bought a beautifully illustrated childrens book called "Introducing Muhammad" in Cairo. On page 6 my book states: WARNING! Islamic tradition forbids the portrayal of Prophet Muhammad or any of his Companions. DECLARATION! "We agree and comply" - the authors.