Lessons learned from Motoons
Flemming Rose, the art editor of Jyllands-Posten who published the Motoons, is interviewed by the South African Daily News. In it he insists that he has no regrets about his decision, and that the crisis was on the whole “beneficial” because it brought certain facts to light:
[The drawings were] a catalyst that shed light on a hidden reality: that some Muslims want everyone in the world to respect their dogmas in public.
There are so many religions that have taboos. If we had to respect them all, Denmark would be a dictatorship
He also warns of the dangers of self-censorship, not least because one risks betraying
“moderate Muslims who want to live in a secular Western society, where religion is a private affair.”
Another one with no regrets is the artist responsible for the turban-bomb cartoon, Kurt Westergaard, who appeared on Danish TV saying he “would do it again without a doubt”.
Yee ha! Doncha just love them Vikings?
Vikings, of which most of the Scots and English are descended from! (not forgetting a few Romans, Saxons and Normans thrown into the mix)