tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post115532552973653990..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Coulter Cartoon Offends Burqa FansWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155364016660743532006-08-12T01:26:00.000-05:002006-08-12T01:26:00.000-05:00"The IHT is an international newspaper based in Fr..."The IHT is an international newspaper based in France."<BR/><BR/>That's a bit vague. It's owned by the NY Times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155359985237017512006-08-12T00:19:00.000-05:002006-08-12T00:19:00.000-05:00Well said. I say we offend them.Well said. I say we offend them.dabydeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626730044087695126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155350513109018252006-08-11T21:41:00.000-05:002006-08-11T21:41:00.000-05:00"Europeans don't get it because the term "liberal"...<I>"Europeans don't get it because the term "liberal", in this context, refers to American liberalism. That's why it was cut, duh."</I><BR/><BR/>That may be one reason why it was cut. But, remember, the features editor said, "We know the name of this comic is 'Non Sequitur.' Nevertheless, we felt it was obscure to many of our international readers as well as <B>potentially offensive to some of them</B>."<BR/><BR/>It was the 'offensiveness' of the strip that was the subject of my post.Wiscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155344676876574532006-08-11T20:04:00.000-05:002006-08-11T20:04:00.000-05:00Europeans don't get it because the term "liberal",...Europeans don't get it because the term "liberal", in this context, refers to American liberalism. That's why it was cut, duh. Trust me, there's nothing the rest of the world loves to do more than laugh at how backwards the US is. You just have to make sure the joke makes sense to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155338124623869342006-08-11T18:15:00.000-05:002006-08-11T18:15:00.000-05:00While I agree that Ann Coulter is a raging jackass...While I agree that Ann Coulter is a raging jackass, offending people who wear burgas is probably not real tolerant...and exactly the kind of "America knows best" thinking that has made us a target of extreamists, and objects of scorn on the world stage.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I think the cartoon is amusing and don't think it should be censored...but only because free speech is essential, not because people in bugas can go screw themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-1155335406870970632006-08-11T17:30:00.000-05:002006-08-11T17:30:00.000-05:00"I think most of her book sales are to libraries a..."I think most of her book sales are to libraries and homes for the mentally helpless."<BR/><BR/>If only that were true. Isn't acknowledging the problem of mass ignorance and backwardness in America the first step in solving it?David McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16603857353437134459noreply@blogger.com