A Double Cartoon Standard

As in the USA, none of the major Australian newspapers dared publish the Mohammed cartoons. Not because they were scared, of course. Oh No! It was because they respected people's sensitivities and "right" not to be offended. So what happened when the newspapers of a Muslim nation (Indonesia) published grossly offensive cartoons of Australia's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister? Did they deplore such "insensitivity"? Not at all. They republished the Indonesian cartoons so that Australians could see them too!

No doubt they realized that Australia's "Fascist" conservative government was not Fascist at all and that they were perfectly safe in what they were doing.

See here for one of the cartoon reproductions by these fearless speakers of truth to power. And for living colour see here. No doubt many of the big majority of Australians who voted in our conservative government found the Indonesian cartoons offensive but did that bother our Leftist champions of sensitivity? As usual, anything that offends conservatives, Christians etc. is just fine as far as most of the media is concerned.