Comments on: On the Garland cartoon show attack

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sat, 09 May 2015 15:52:18 +0000

Thanks, Mr. Olson. The cartoon is brilliant.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:58 +0000

Cartoon: https://twitter.com/BoschFawstin/status/595833714598354945

By: Darleen

Darleen — Fri, 08 May 2015 16:16:44 +0000

wfjag I think this is more the Assassin's Veto rather than heckler. Also, the "but only a tiny minority" meme is just a variation of the True Scotsman fallacy. We can start with that 22% of the world's countries have actual laws against apostasy and blasphemy with punishments from fines to death. Ben Shapiro -- here -- presents the results of several surveys that further belies the "tiny minority" claim. We shouldn't overstate the threat, but neither should we dismiss it out-of-hand as "junior varsity".

By: jimf

jimf — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:08:30 +0000

Will you republish the winning cartoons on this blog.

By: wfjag

wfjag — Fri, 08 May 2015 14:12:06 +0000

In deciding how to evaluate the NYT’s editorial, is it ignorance on their part, or dishonesty by the editorial board in failing to note that there are huge numbers of Islamic paintings, tapestries and other art, from the late Middle Ages forward, in which Mohammad is shown? Some pieces are fairly realistic, other are highly stylized and could be categorized as cartoons. Only a small minority of Moslems belong to sects that believe that it is blasphemy to depict Mohammad, and even fewer believe that sharia supports death for those who do (and, most Moslems who believe that sharia governs their lives also believe that non-Moslems are not governed by sharia, so its penalties do not apply to non-Moslems). The NYT editors appear to be giving in to the ultimate hecklers’ veto – if you say something to offend me, I have the right to murder you. I suppose that they do not feel safe even in their guarded offices and gated communities any more, and so move to quickly condemn those who refuse to be cowed by jihadists, so that the NYT editors hope that they will not be targeted like journalists in Europe have been.

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 07 May 2015 13:21:38 +0000

South Park ran an episode years ago featuring Muhammad. He was right there in the cartoon with Jesus. The backlash for them was not the original airing, but years afterward when it became fashionable to believe Muhammad cartoons are off limits

By: Mannie

Mannie — Thu, 07 May 2015 11:48:26 +0000

Based on your analysis, with which I agree, it seems imperative that EVERYONE wear a Motoon T shirt or fly anti islamic messages. They can’t kill us all.

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By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:53:04 +0000

More: Eugene Volokh on "speech as defiance." On the other hand, the New York Times's editorial, which at pains to distinguish "hate speech" from "free speech" as if the former could not be included within the latter, set me to humming the tango from the soundtrack to "Chicago."