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Muhammad cartoons controversy
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08/02/2006 10:25:50
 
 
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>I would certainly boycott a newspaper here which printed A and B.
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>I would probably boycott advertizers in that newspaper (on a side issue, I support the right to boycott 7-11, etc. for selling Playboy, Penthouse, etc.)
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>I would not necessarily boycott products from a county where a newspaper printed A and B unless such an attitude represented official (or predominant) views from that country.
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>I "Might" picket the embassy, but I WOULD NOT BURN DOWN THE EMBASSY OF THE COUNTRY WHICH PRINTED SUCH A CARTOON.

Heaven forbid they see the cartoons and think "why are we being depicted this way?" They see all criticism in terms of us-vs-them. Not a good thing.
Dan LeClair
www.cyberwombat.com
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