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Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology
#8034031 - 02/17/08 09:14 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Danish MPs have cancelled a trip to Iran after Tehran demanded they apologise for the republication of cartoons deemed offensive to Islam.
Two days before the scheduled trip, Tehran demanded the MPs condemn the cartoon on their arrival in Iran.
The row follows the arrest on Tuesday of three men for allegedly planning to murder cartoonist Kurt Westergaard.
The following day, 11 Danish papers reprinted his drawing depicting the Prophet with a bomb in his turban.
A condemnation and apology would help convince the Iranian people that Denmark's authorities had distanced themselves from the action, Iran's parliament said in a letter to Danish MPs.
Nine members of Denmark's foreign affairs committee were due to arrive in Iran on Monday for a three-day trip focusing on human rights and the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme.
"We are not the ones to apologise," said Villy Soevndal, the leader of Denmark's Socialist People's Party.
"If anyone needs to apologise for freedom of speech, human rights, imprisonments, executions and lack of democracy, it is the Iranians."
Denmark's foreign minister has backed the parliamentarians' decision not to travel.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7248963.stm
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Arp
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: Arp]
#8034036 - 02/17/08 09:18 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Edited by Arp (02/17/08 09:45 AM)
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: Arp]
#8034329 - 02/17/08 11:27 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Apologize for Islam taking offense, not for offending Islam.
If Islamic countries want respect in this day and age, they can't be responding to satire with the "DIE INFIDEL" attitude. They will either learn, or be left behind to rot in the past.
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: HighHat]
#8034523 - 02/17/08 12:28 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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HighHat said:They will either learn, or be left behind to rot in the past.
or take the rest of the world down with them
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: Arp]
#8034543 - 02/17/08 12:34 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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 Awesome.
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: robbyberto]
#8034655 - 02/17/08 01:03 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Damn fucking right. Fuck those cocksucking fundies. Pieces of shit.
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: downforpot]
#8034893 - 02/17/08 02:19 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: HighHat]
#8036590 - 02/18/08 03:19 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The following day, 11 Danish papers reprinted his drawing depicting the Prophet with a bomb in his turban.
How many American papers printed these cartoons?
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Re: Danish MPs refuse cartoon apology [Re: HighHat]
#8036592 - 02/18/08 03:22 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
The following day, 11 Danish papers reprinted his drawing depicting the Prophet with a bomb in his turban.
How many American papers printed these cartoons?
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