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DI Reprints Mohammed Cartoons…

I got wind of this early, but today the Daily Illini reprinted the infamous Mohammed Cartoons and as was expected, they were flooded with phone calls, letters, etc. The news has broken nationally with the old editor and chief posting updates.

Personally, I don’t know how I feel about it except to say that the new editor meant to prove a point and got the reaction he wanted. At some point I’ll write on my opinions of the mischaracterizing of free speech (private citizens influencing others to not run things is not a free speech issue, certainly not in terms of the 1st Amendment), but the situation is pretty deep in all the issues it covers. I’m trying to put together a panel discussion on the issue, we’ll see where it goes.

Michelle Malkin plugs it and more on the issue.

UPDATE: Here is the Chancellor’s response.

UPDATE 2: Here’s a brief quote from the AP article out on the subject (Not known is it is linked online anywhere yet)…

AP-IL PROPHET DRAWINGS DAILY ILLINI
Student-run newspaper reprints some of Danish newspaper’s cartoons

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The student-run newspaper that serves the University of Illinois community on Thursday ran reprints of some of the cartoons whose publication has sparked outrage and violence in many parts of the Islamic world.

The Daily Illini, which is independent of the UI, ran only six of the 12 cartoons first published in September in Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten, but led with the one that has caused the greatest furor: a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as part of his turban.

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    • February 9th, 2006 Posted by John Bambenek | DailyIllini, International, Law / Legal Issues, National, Politics, Religion | 2 comments

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    1. http://null8.blogspot.com/2006/02/cartoon-war.html

      ” It shows the jingoistic attitude of Americans during WWII. We knew who are enemies were, and we held no punches back.

      The Mohammed cartoons are nothing compared to WWII propaganda cartoons.”

      Comment by Null Infinity | February 10, 2006

    2. I don’t want to offend anyone but we have freedom of speech here in America, we cannot cow-tail to any other fgroups who want us to comprimise this freedom, its what makes America great.
      Raymond B
      http://www.voteswagon.com

      Comment by Raymond B | February 12, 2006

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