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International Religious Court to avert future cartoon crisis

May 8, 2006 8:12PM PDT
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In order to rectify the situation, and to prevent a future crisis of this type from erupting, what is needed is a ''code of conduct'' for the newspapers and other media in both the Western and Muslim worlds. All governments must agree that the negative depiction of religion is ''out of bounds,'' and penalties should be imposed on those who violate the code of conduct.


This could have been funnier...assuming it's meant to be funny.

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Almost as funny as ...
May 8, 2006 10:36PM PDT

... the EU passing a law against racism (or something like that, might have been anti-semetism). That will solve things! NOT!!

Evie Happy

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That's not a humor site, EdH. I fear he's serious.
May 8, 2006 10:44PM PDT

Guess we'd have categories of free speech, sort of like some animals being more equal than others...

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If it's NOT humor, it's certainly...
May 8, 2006 11:10PM PDT

one of the most wrong-headed ideas to come down the pike in a long time. I think cartoonists would go out of their way to violate such a "law". In fact, I would feel duty-bound to do so myself.

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(NT) (NT) Two bibles, good; four bibles....
May 9, 2006 5:27AM PDT