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Originally Posted by Shin Pad
Is it really worth printing something that has upset such a large group of people in the World?
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Yes, there is the argument that I do not need to eat a pile of doggy doo to know it tastes bad, BUT in this case many people would like to know what the fuss is all about - what set off the riots? So far I have only heard of one cartoon's description.
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It would be like printing graphic pictures of a horrific auto accident - it would be perfectly legal, but, most if not all publications would not print or depict such a scene.
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Notice how with a lot of newscasts today they give the preamble that what you are about to see may be gruesome, & then show the pic. The 11 o'clock news is loaded with pics of dead bodies, mass graves, offensive flag burnings. Newspapers in Toronto had no trouble printing a pic of the mom & son who drowned in their car here - I didn't need to see that.
"It would offend many people. So, my question is, why try and stir the pot in the Muslim world by doing this - especially with the deteriorating relations between the Middle East and the west?"
So don't do anything for fear of tipping the cart. Don't show episodes of 24 with Muslim terrorists, take all copies of 'True Lies' off the shelf, don't show any historical German WW2 movie footage, don't show two men kissing, don't show the burning of the US flag, no more caracitures of GW Bush, Harper, Blair....hell the whole cast of SNL might as well start looking for a job right now! (Anyone catch their skit with Steve Martin addressing the Hamas victory party? )
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Anyway, to me, this isn't an issue of freedom of the press - it's an issue of using good judgement.
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Also a subjective issue.