Re: [You mean the countless editorials expressing SUPPORT for the freedom of the press?] "Empty words... behavior is more eloquent than speech..."
The Press' printed words *ARE* their 'behavior', GZ. :-)
Re: [Not sure how that can be characterized as 'caving in to' any 'terrorists'.] "That's easy... show me one U.S. newspaper that ran the cartoon..."
Don't know what 'rags' *you* were reading, GZ <ggg>, but I saw the cartoons all over the press that I was reading. (Including some American ones.... :-)
European press outlets (Dutch, German, Scandinavian, British, Italian, etc., etc., etc.) nearly all reproduced the cartoons --- not because they were all 'that funny' (they weren't), or all 'that good' --- but because it became a big story, and called into question the extremely important and centuries old issue of FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
(So, maybe the American press have lost a step or two on the European press? Maybe our new 'corporate media' doesn't have the guts that was found in previous generations... and kowtow to their corporate and governmental masters TOO EASILY, and TOO FREQUENTLY? After-all... mustn't upset the money-making machines, right? Can't step out of line and call down trouble on your head that might impact the ability to sell ads.... Or, perhaps the 'political correctness' of never printing criticism of religions, or the actions of adherents, has gotten out-of-hand in the good ole U.S. of A.?) |
