Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Free speech, Art and Canada's "National Post"



We read:

"Re: "Canadian Artist's Sexual Statues Enrage U.K. Religious Groups" and "Unrepentant Journalist Republishes Cartoons", both Jan. 12. [print edition]

I have to assume that the juxtaposition of these two stories in Saturday's Post was accidental, but it was rich with irony. We are all supposed to be offended by cartoons of Muhammad, yet we are expected to not only tolerate but handsomely reward artwork featuring an "aroused" Jesus -- modern art, after all, is supposed to be "challenging," right? I wonder, did the exhibition feature an "aroused" Muhammad? No, I didn't think so.

Source

The pic above is of Muslim-defying publisher Ezra Levant.