On 3 Jun 2006 at 16:13, Ilmari Karonen nospam@vyznev.net wrote:
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.
And those with some sort of fanatical need to suppress offensive cartoons won't necessarily limit themselves to opposing ones that are published; look at the case of [[Mike Diana]], the only American to be convicted of obscenity for drawing a cartoon (this happened in Florida in the 1990s). As part of the court order following his conviction, he was ordered not to draw any more obscene cartoons whether published or not, with the authorities having the right to do inspections of his home to make sure he hadn't drawn anything illegal.
Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
On 3 Jun 2006 at 16:13, Ilmari Karonen nospam@vyznev.net wrote:
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.
And those with some sort of fanatical need to suppress offensive cartoons won't necessarily limit themselves to opposing ones that are published; look at the case of [[Mike Diana]], the only American to be convicted of obscenity for drawing a cartoon (this happened in Florida in the 1990s). As part of the court order following his conviction, he was ordered not to draw any more obscene cartoons whether published or not, with the authorities having the right to do inspections of his home to make sure he hadn't drawn anything illegal.
He was charged for publishing, distributing and advertising his material, not for drawing it. The prohibtion to draw any of his obscene cartoons was part of his sentence.