Thursday, February 09, 2006
HATE LOVES A VACUUM
Newspaper editors think it’s safer to merely describe the cartoons than to publish them. Think again:
Afghans who rioted Wednesday said they heard about the cartoons on the radio but none questioned had seen printed versions.
“The radio is talking about them all the time. Everybody heard about them this way,” said 28-year-old shopkeeper Ramatullah, who uses only name.
Result: four more Afghans shot dead after crowds marched on a US military base. Interestingly, no riots were provoked by Egyptian newspaper Al Faqr‘s publication of the cartoons last October ...
(Via LGF and Evil Pundit)
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