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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (181174)	2/5/2006 4:26:17 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"More important is to understand why the editor (Rose) allowed the cartoons to be printed. Because he agrees? Do you claim a right to regulate his thoughts too? His reason was to help integrate muslims into the Danish society by showing muslims that everything can be satirized. In the Western understanding of "free speech"? He's right." The problem is not free speech, the problem is how we speak to each other. We all regulate how we speak to each other if we want to have a dialog. On the other hand if we want to hold a monolog and dictate to others what they are to believe.... The free speech argument has never been under attack. It's being used to draw attention away from the core issues in Denmark: discrimination of muslims and severe immigration laws. That these issues have now spilled over into the international scene and taken on other agendas is regrettable and should be combatted by muslims who live in Denmark. Just saw the editor of Jyllands Posten(on TV news) declare that had he known what effect the cartoons would have he would not have allowed them to be printed.