http://www.markfiore.com/taxonomy/term/1977/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.markfiore.com/blog/mark-fiore-the-latest-terror-attack-related-to-Muhammad-cartoons-mark-fiore-blog <p>Well, it seems there has been an update to Boss Tweed's &quot;<a target="_blank" href="http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/bio.htm">Stop them damn pictures</a>&quot; plea, only now it's coming from a young man taken in by Islamic extremism. &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><object width="640" height="385"></p> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jYO54ciCRRc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jYO54ciCRRc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p> <p>The <a target="_blank" href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/90259/">audio from bomb threat</a> the call-in is rather chilling, and silly, at the same time. &nbsp;&quot;So stop your drawings and &mdash; stop your drawings of our prophet Muhammad,&quot; said the crazed nutball right before he deserted his wife and kids and threw his life away.</p> <p>Ugh. &nbsp;Why do people have to force their religious views on others, particularly on, um, cartoonists?</p> <p><strong>----Update:</strong></p> <p>Here's a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2277765/">good article</a> that touches on some more cartoonists who have faced repression, including my friend <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roozonline.com/">Nik Kowsar</a>.</p> <p><!--break--></p> http://www.markfiore.com/?q=comment/reply/1903#comment_form A blog-posting update on the latest terror attack related to the Muhammad cartoons. 1903