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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (181153)	2/5/2006 9:11:59 AM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (4) of 281500

"I hate to say it , but this kind of infantile fanaticism reminds me of prewar Germany of the previous century" Yes, those posters of semi pornographic blonde German women being fondled by hook nosed men with sideburns come to mind. Perhaps the most important things to remember in this is that the paper that posted the cartoons is a right wing paper that has had a long history of anti-moslem articles and cartoons, that this newspaper was warned as to the consequences by Danish specialists in Islamic culture, and that the prime minister was warned of the possible consequences of not dealing with the growing situation in a letter written by 11 ambassadors asking for a meeting with the prime minister. A meeting which the prime minister rejected. In any case those that got this boycott started used their right to present their case to the Arab world, distorted as that presentation might have been. As to the comment by Lazarus that the ME has no right to dictate what should or should not be printed in western newspapers, well Denmark stands to lose 1.5 billion dollars in export business and that's why the Danish prime minister is trying to contain this situation that never should have gotten this far out of hand. He has had meetings with the ambassadors now and publicly disavowed the cartoons. He has also been on Arab TV to excuse the gross cartoons and to explain the Danish government's position. It is also why there is a wide spread debate on freedom of speech in Denmark and its limitations. Remember too that moslems in Denmark are subjected to the most severe immigration laws in Europe as well as having little access to the job market. The prime minister brought Denmark into the Iraq war and made Denmark into a war mongering nation. The high point in his foreign policy career was his breakfast with Bush.

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