Something rotten in the state of Denmark

There is a post detailing the past few days below this one. This is a special post. I’ve been watching the recent riots over a bunch of cartoons on the news for the past week or so. At first, it was somewhat amusing—I mean, it’s pretty funny that everyone is mad at Denmark. David told me about seeing some guy burning a homemade Danish flag in Pakistan. This guy spent at least a few hours making a flag to burn. Way to be productive, guy.

But now people have died and this is showing no sign of slowing down. This is not just an attack on free speech, but an attack on the core values of Western society and these fascist thugs need to be stood up to.

I don’t care if the cartoons are offensive. So is South Park, the Koran, and the Bible, not to mention the vile anti-Semitic cartoons published EVERY DAY in newspapers across the Middle East. Everything offends somebody. Being offended is no excuse for violence and incitement to murder.

What is almost as bad is the pathetic response from some Western media outlets and politicians. Kofi Annan says that freedom of speech should always come second to respect for religion. Oh really? Does that mean that the Koran, Bible and Torah should all be banned? They all disparage other religions. What a joke that guy is. Or media blowhards saying that this episode shows that we need to be more understanding. Of what? The fact that a drawing has caused thousands of thugs to riot? These appeasers are a disgrace. :-( That emoticon is sad Mohammed. Uh-oh, now I’ve gone and done it.

This is an incredibly important moment. Free speech must be defended. Appeasement never works and is totally unacceptable. GO DENMARK!!!