Thursday, May 20, 2010

'Everybody Draw Mohammed' Day Unleashes Facebook Fracas

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What started out as a cartoonist's call to action against censorship -- an open invitation to submit caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad -- has led to death threats, a court order to temporarily block parts of the website in Pakistan and a call for a boycott of Facebook to protest what Muslims believe is blasphemy. "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" began last month as the brainchild of a Seattle-based cartoonist named Molly Norris, who was appalled by Comedy Central's decision to censor an episode of "South Park" that depicted Muhammad in a bear costume...

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I.E., doing the job our PC-neutered MSM won't: opposing threats to our freedom of speech, no matter how distasteful.


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