Moron Abroad: I Wish the Times, It Was A-Changin'...

re: a New York Times article's odd comparison of then-Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's response to a New York City 'art' exhibit and the decision of an obscure Danish newspaper to depict Muhammed in cartoons...

Also contains this:

...And what Americans probably don't even know is that, within Denmark, the whole issue is being dealt with beautifully. Extremist groups (Abu Laban & co.) have been cut out of "the dialog" with the government, and MP Naser Khader is leading moderate Muslims into a new organization, for which funding is already flowing from every part of Denmark. (He's also saying Denmark has nothing to apologize for, but he himself is demanding an apology from Saudi Arabia.) These moderates are organizing trips to the Middle East to go and explain to their fellow religionists how a free press works in a free country. They've expressed their offense at the images, but have also expressed their understanding that this is simply how things work when you've got a free press. They're moving on. Yes.

The problem is not Denmark. The problem is the militant extremists around the world running absolutely riot over an issue I'd wager most of them don't even understand. Embassies burn, people die, journalists go into hiding, newspaper offices must be evacuated...

...and the Times sees a good opportunity to put that provocative Danish newspaper and those rascally American Catholics in their place!

*Sigh... *