The Mohammed Affair
The Muslim world is in an uproar over 12 Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim world, and more importantly the prophet Mohammed himself, in a satirical manner. There are two wildly differing sides to the argument. The first side is that support of the cartoons is upholding the absolute freedom of speech (Unless you are Muslim) an individual is entitled to. AKA La Liberateurs. On the flipside are those outraged by the audacity and implicit/explicitly offensive nature and spirit of the comics. AKA the Muslims. So, dear readers, which of these two volatile sides is correct in this whole shindig? The answer is easy - the John Kerry view. That's right, I will not take a side in this matter in fear of either being hooted at by the European bourgeois or jihaded by Muslims. Indeed, for this one topic, I have lost my balls.It's sad but true. I am now temporarily out of that hard-hitting, kamikaze spirit in which I am usually imbued. This is a topic that may be a bit too much out of my league. I once believed that that I can handle any news story with compsure and absolute confidence that anything I say, and its subsequent reactions, would be deflected off of my dashing bosom of manliness. No, not now. Not this.
That's right, I have become my worst nigtmare. A pussy...
Wait. What am I saying? Of course I haven't become a pussy. Hippies are pussies, and I'll be damned before I become a hippy. But in case this does outrage anyone, here it is in code so only the men among men can read...
ORTSGVM GSV UFXP FK, GSVBIV LMLB XZIGLLMH! ZMW SLMVGOB, GSVBIV WZMRHS! UFXP GSV WZMRHS!
Use atbash to decipher it. Now that took balls to say. In fact, that is so outrageous, even I am infuriated at myself. Time to boycott my blog. Who's with me?
posted by Sang Nguyen @ 12:57 p.m.
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7 Comments:
You can always leave it up to the Muslims to kill some people over a cartoon.
Although I believe in free speech, boundaries have to be made. Religious figures of all faiths must be respected. Insensitivity in any way towards religious icons will always result in backlash.
What would Jesus or Mohammed do? I'm sure they'd both agree that both parties need to shoot some absinthe and chill out.
Chill out indeed. Even the muslims in Denmark are calling an end to this conflict. The newspaper did something extremely distasteful, but really, this was a local matter at best. The problem there, where the cartoons were primarily aimed, has already pretty much been resolved. And weren't these cartoons made in September? Why are they making headlines now, 4 months later?
Your canadian right?
Death to Canada! Burn the Canadian Embassy!!
Your Atbash translation had two spelling mistakes. Sounds like the work of terrorists.
Is that why you have two first names?
Mistakes? Impossible. You must be the one mistaken! A curse upon those who implicate my fallibility!
Doesnt look anything like the Mo I know... hey that rhymes.
You can rhyme in hell.
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