The cartoon controversy (Feb 28, 2006)

The cartoon controversy

Some thoughts:

The proponents of free media should revisit history to understand how and why the holocaust became a Holy Cow? Why did it become a crime to discuss the facts about a mere historical event? When did the horror of a crime committed in history become so great that sixty years down the road its mention embarrasses governments and puts the “free” media on the defensive? Why can’t any voice be raised against the humanitarian crimes committed by Israel on the Palestinians, without a hue and cry raised over anti-semitism? Why can’t the crimes committed by the Israeli government compared with those committed by the Nazis on the Jews just for the sake of debate? Why is any voice condemning Israeli policies hushed down by the charge of anti-semitism? When and how was a nation allowed to become so sacrosanct?

Are we going down the same road? A journalist noted that the cartoons were very similar to those published during the Nazi era against the Jews. Do we want there to come a time when the indignities served onto the Muslims justify all their actions tomorrow? Do we want to prepare another Holy Cow for tomorrow which presents its battered and tampered past to cover up its follies? Do we want to turn history yet again into some taboo whose very mention reeks of blasphemy? Do we want the Palestinians to be replaced by some other peoples who will have to face the brunt of someone’s frustration at their past? Do we have to have Nazis and their Aushwitz camps for every era?
posted by shhhnuff duff @ 11:05 PM