Cartoon protests - yes, still spamming.

[icarus]

In a new turn, a prominent Iranian newspaper, Hamshahri, invited artists to enter a Holocaust cartoon competition, saying it wanted to see if freedom of expression — the banner under which many Western publications reprinted the prophet drawings — also applied to Holocaust images.

Good point. Suddenly the Islamic cartoon protests make sense to me (if not the violence).

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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Here's a comparison to the European/Middle East difference in mindsets that might make it easier for US readers to comprehend:

http://www.alternet.org/story/31884/

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I haven't a chance to read it yet, but it sounds interesting.

Icarus