March 31, 2008
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More [Gabe]: A couple of things about this. First, I can't find any other reports that Dutch prosecutors are planning to take legal action against Wilder except for the report Nice Deb links, a Russian news service. So don't get bent out of shape until it actually happens. In other accounts of the Dutch Foreign Minister's comments, it appears he said that diplomats inquired whether Wilders would be prosecuted for violating hate speech laws and that the prosecutors office hadn't decided yet.
The Dutch government has condemned the violent acts depicted in the film, but also rejected Wilder's interpretation of Islam. But there is no indication that Wilder has run afoul of any criminal laws. Some parts of the Islamic world are calling for him to be prosecuted for "paying tribute to terrorism", allegedly a crime in the Netherlands.
It's possible that the news agency was confused about another lawsuit in the works against Wilders this one by the Danish Union of Journalists. Wilders used without permission images of one of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that led to all the rioting and carrying on two years ago. But it sounds like that lawsuit has already been dropped:
Wilders' spokeswoman Daphne Rozenboom said in an e-mail that Wilders would replace the cartoon and make other minor edits. She could not give details on how Wilders would change a film that has been dispersed widely over the Internet and downloaded millions of times since its release late Thursday.In Denmark, Westergaard [the cartoonist] said he was happy with Wilders' decision and believed the lawsuit would be dropped.
He added that Wilders might have won his permission to use the cartoon if he had asked.
No word on when the re-edited version will be released.
UPDATE and BUMP [Gabe]: Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has drawn a political cartoon of Geert Wilders in support of freedom of expression. It uses elements of the cartoon that Wilders appropriated for his film.
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Posted by: a4g at March 31, 2008 10:50 AM (QYPDq)
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Posted by: ntac at March 31, 2008 10:58 AM (jYyFD)
Posted by: TJ at March 31, 2008 11:06 AM (QUiHn)
Gotta admire those freedom lovin' Dutch.
Not, wait. That's cheap and legal psychotopic drugs that they love.
Posted by: Douger at March 31, 2008 11:07 AM (W85a9)
Posted by: Nigel Powers at March 31, 2008 11:14 AM (j2Tjh)
Posted by: XBradTC at March 31, 2008 11:16 AM (gWoag)
I can't stand when reporters write crap like this:
The cartoon caused riots throughout the world after demonstrators attacked Danish embassies and other buildings with perceived links to the West. More than 100 people died in the violence.
Excuse me? A cartoon CAUSED riots? No, psycho-nutjobs were the cause the riots. It's like saying a women caused a rape because she wore a short skirt.
It makes it sound like the nutjobs were justified - I'm sure we'll read more and more about how Fitna CAUSED all kinds of bad behavior such as death threats, violent protests, etc. The MSM uses this bullshit Cauce-Effect link all the time. It annoys me.
Posted by: markytom at March 31, 2008 11:22 AM (6IzBb)
Posted by: markytom at March 31, 2008 11:50 AM (6IzBb)
Excuse me? A cartoon CAUSED riots? No, psycho-nutjobs were the cause the riots. It's like saying a women caused a rape because she wore a short skirt.
It's that darn uncovered meat. Fear the V-j-j!
Posted by: Roy at March 31, 2008 11:54 AM (cB77O)
What kind of mentality is that...riot and burn and kill over a fucking drawing?
I had no idea that many people died.
They need to start an animated series involving Mohamed just so militiant muslims get comfortable with the cartoon format. They act like they have never seen a cartoon before.
Reminds me of The Jerk..."He hates these cans!"
Posted by: uniball at March 31, 2008 12:01 PM (27iEn)
Posted by: Jahiliyya at March 31, 2008 12:06 PM (dk6hw)
http://cityofbrass.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-appropriately-named.html
Posted by: urthshu at March 31, 2008 12:37 PM (bFqDX)
Then just give it to him, jackass, instead of playing this game.
Posted by: Guy Ritchie's Career at March 31, 2008 01:02 PM (achM8)
Posted by: ras at March 31, 2008 01:05 PM (1hnpW)
Allahpundit says:
"but Radio Netherlands quotes the Dutch foreign minister as saying prosecutors are looking into it and the last line of this DPA report agrees. Scum:"
The Dutch prosecutors office is preparing to take legal action against the maker of an anti-Koran film in an attempt to ease tensions over the films release, the Dutch foreign minister said on Monday
Although moderate Islamic groups have said the film is nothing new and have made appeals for Muslims to react calmly and within the law, the prospect of a backlash in the Islamic world remains a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Nice Deb at March 31, 2008 01:38 PM (vGyLr)
Posted by: Nice Deb at March 31, 2008 01:39 PM (vGyLr)
Keep your panties dry, boys, the Dutch ain't prosecuting Wilders. The linked story says only that the foreign minister promised a roomful of ambassadors of Muslim countries that they'd look into whether any laws were broken. Another Radio Netherlands story yesterday which I quoted in a different thread stated the official Dutch position, "this isn't inciting hate, it's only hurting feelings".
I read the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung just now, and there are Fitna stories but no rumors of prosecution. And I just read what I could of the Dutch Algemeene Dageblatt, which looks German enough that I can make out a lot of it, and likewise there's not suggestion of prosecuting Wilders.
He's gonna take out the Danish cartoon which, frankly, was an appropriation of copyrighted material. Basta.
Posted by: Prufrock at March 31, 2008 02:53 PM (RuKfN)
Ok, it looks like we are approaching a certain intellectual "critical mass" here and I am curious to see the reaction/cognitive gymnastics of the freedom-of speech-loving left, on why this obviously political statement should be censored (through govt. action) or banned, by the web-ocracy.
An old canard, that I still find relevant, goes something like "if you stand for nothing, you'll fall for everything". What I absolutely cannot fathom, is that the viral Islamofascism sweeping Europe is EXACTLY the thing the left was built to stop. Fascism, Theocracy, sufferage, censorship, death penalty, forced marriage..etc.
So why in God's name won't they demand and end to this?? Obviously, it would mean Bush was right, in insisting on stopping it, but it seems so shortsighted by the left, to be perfectly suicidal, virtually AND actually. Are they really that dumb?
Posted by: TankCdr at March 31, 2008 03:39 PM (qT1eI)
To TankCDR
Same reason Cops go after the citizen for minor infractions and look the other way when a GangBanger carjacks you.
They are chickenShit
Posted by: Bob Dole at March 31, 2008 04:18 PM (hS/RG)
Well, on the one hand, i'm not sure why Westergaard would make such a stink about Wilder's incorporation of his cartoon (althought, it is of course his intellectual property, and some people are titchier about that than others.)
On the other, Westergaard's cartoon of Wilders is oddly touching, I think.
I get a kind of sad, nostalgiac sense that here we see two peers, thorny and flawed, who in recognition of the desparate quality of the historical moment, find common ground through their creative faculties.
Wow. How beta is that?
But seriously, it's nice to see some indication of solidarity... Westergaard's little cartoon of Wilders, because of its triteness, its sense of having been drawn on the back of a napkin, makes it that much more... not powerful.. but stirring, somehow.
It gives one the sense that even in dark times of censorship and repression, one can still write on the back of a napkin, a few rough strokes and marks... that there can be a site of resistance in such trite, throwaway moments.
What?
Why is everyone looking at me like that?
Posted by: jdub at March 31, 2008 04:19 PM (hUStE)
Are they going to explain the difference between sensitivity and censorship for us? Because I've heard this is the former, and I want to make sure I don't confuse it with the latter.
Shut your hate-hole, you nazi! Ace! Ace! The banhammer!
Posted by: jdub at March 31, 2008 04:21 PM (hUStE)
I think it is time for your average citizen of the West (who to be honest is not paying attention to this matter) to start pondering their decision that will be upon them shortly: Resist or Submit. Your choice folks, better take your eyes off of American Idol and start paying attention to your culture and way of life that is truly coming under siege.
As for me, two words: Ak 47.
Posted by: DIck Nixon at March 31, 2008 04:36 PM (vxEdG)
Sorry to go off topic here. But I can't let this pass. Obama sees babies as "punishment."
I never thought I would see the day when I would want Hillary to win the Democratic nomination.
But this is the day.
He is worse than than Hillary.
Who could have guessed??
Ugh. He makes me sick.
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Posted by: Jahiliyya at March 31, 2008 05:23 PM (CnXZn)
But after 7-8 months of discussion about the foibles of the candidates, by the time Labour Day comes 'round... "my only advice is to start drinking heavily".
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Posted by: ergastularius at March 31, 2008 06:14 PM (MGisz)
I think it is time for your average citizen of the West (who to be honest is not paying attention to this matter) to start pondering their decision that will be upon them shortly: ...
Are you kidding me? The average American is an apathetic fat lazy braindead View watching cocksucker.
I prefer the M 16 myself.
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Are you kidding me? The average American is an apathetic fat lazy braindead View watching cocksucker.
Yeah. But they're our braindead View-watching cocksuckers.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of corrrection will drive it far from him.
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Wilders gets prosecuted, while the ...
Wilders is not being and will not be prosecuted. See #19.
Sheesh, why doesn't everyone immediately incorporate my comments into their worldview?
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