Thursday, February 16, 2006

Some Courage Left in Canada

I have just put online here an interesting email from Canada's "Western Standard" newspaper. Apparently they published the Mohammed cartoons and are under attack over it. They must be the first Canadian newspaper to have the courage of their convictions.

Update: Good comment from a reader below

"Congratulations to Western Standard on their courage. Too bad most of the media in Europe and even in the United States have allowed themselves to be so intimidated by Islam. Religious freedom means to practice your religion as you see fit, not to force it upon the rest of the world through intimidation and death threats. One has to ask how much of the world which is now under Islamic control would be if not for the threat of violence and death. And the assertion that only radical fundamentalists hold this view does not set well with me when I see hundreds of thousands of Muslims around the world violently demonstrating. Are we to believe that they are all mindless sheep being led by a radical few?

In regards to the Palestinians, to whom we give millions every year in financial support, I wiil never forget the images of Palestinian men, women, and children dancing and singing in the streets after 9/11".