danish editor on why he published the mohammed cartoons

5th june

'competitive victimhood' is something we see a lot of in india.

interesting article, worth reading.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/world/europe/31spiegel.html?_r=2&oref=slog&oref=slogin

May 31, 2006, New York Times

Opinion

Why I Published the Muhammad Cartoons

By Flemming Rose 

European political correctness allows Muslims to resist integration, argues
the culture editor of Jyllands-Posten. Instead, Muslims should be treated
just like all Europeans -- including being subject to satire. He argues that 
publishing the caricatures was an act of "inclusion, not exclusion."

The worldwide furor unleashed by the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed that I
published last September in Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper where I 
work, was both a surprise and a tragedy, especially for those directly
affected by it. Lives were lost, buildings were torched and people were
driven into hiding.

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