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    1. r gould-saltman says:

      Kind of agenda-driven, soft-ball questions. I didn’t see, for instance, “A number of the cartoonists actually suggested that they regarded the “Draw The Prophet” contest as an obvious publicity stunt, rather than any serious effort at exploring a civil liberties issue; some of the cartoons said as much. What’s your response to that criticism?”

      I’m disappointed.

      I have that reaction to a fair amount of what FIRE does, though.
      While I agree with their take on the civil liberties issues, when and if I have the sense that they’re willing to defend a few more folks whose views conflict with those of, and are offensive to, their core constituency (ala the ACLU in Skokie) I’ll give’em more respect.

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      September 30, 2009, 7:25 pm

    2. Angus says:

      They should have asked about Rose’s desire to publish “satirical” cartoons about the Holocaust. I’m sure those would have been hilarious.

      FIRE, however, would not ask such a question since it would cost them the bulk of their funding, which they get from conservative foundations.

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      October 1, 2009, 1:31 am

    3. Ken Arromdee says:

      They should have asked about Rose’s desire to publish “satirical” cartoons about the Holocaust. I’m sure those would have been hilarious.

      From Wikipedia:

      Later that day the paper’s editor-in-chief said that Jyllands-posten under no circumstances would publish the Holocaust cartoons. [1] and Flemming Rose later said that “he had made a mistake”.[2]

      I suppose some people would find “I made a mistake” to be hilarious, but as humor go, it ranks pretty low on the scale.

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      October 1, 2009, 6:02 am

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