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Free Speech, Images of Muhammed, and the American Press

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In the wake of the Islamic terrorist attack, sponsored, if not directed by the al Qaeda network, Charlie Hebdo (their site is down or overwhelmed as I write this) printed their next issue with an image of Muhammed on its cover.CharlieHebdoCover

Even as they cover the news of this story, though, as Howard Kurtz pointed out in his recent column, American “news” outlets refuse to print the image that is the center of this news story: Charlie Hebdo‘s cover. CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and the New York Times are among those refusing to complete their news stories by showing what it is they claim to be talking about. Kurtz wrote this about that decision:

[N]ews executives had to weigh the safety of their employees, as well as their usual practice of not running images that are gratuitously offensive to religion. (Yes, I know that some have run anti-Christian images in the past but seem to be more skittish about offending Muslims.)

The parenthetical in that cite gives the game away. News…executives…aren’t worried about safety, and they’re not concerned about gratuitous religious offense (they’re not worried about gratuitous offense at all—see the slurs and degrading stories they publish about Tea Partiers, conservative women, conservative blacks, anyone who doesn’t think like they do).

American news executives are cowards, plain and simple. And they’ve surrendered their erstwhile freedom to speak to Islamic terrorists in their cowardice.

It’s Time

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…for more…humor. So here’s some.

Q: How do you get an elephant into the fridge?

1.Open door.
2. Insert elephant.
3. Close door.

Q: How do you get a giraffe into the fridge?

1.Open door.
2. Remove elephant.
3. Insert giraffe.
4. Close door.

Q. The lion, the king of the jungle, decided to have a party. He invited all the animals in the jungle, and they all came except one. Which one?
A. The giraffe, because he was still in the fridge.
Q: Why do elephants wear shoes with yellow soles?
A: So you don’t see them when they float upside down in a bowl of custard.
Q: Have you ever seen an elephant floating upside down in a bowl of custard?
A: No, of course not.
Q: Why do elephants live in herds?
A: To get a wholesale discount on the shoes with yellow soles.
A man walks into a bar and sees a cow serving behind the counter.
“What are you staring at?” says the cow. “Never seen a cow serving drinks before?”
“It’s not that,” replies the man. “I just never thought the moose would sell this place.”

And (mercifully) finally:

Snow White, Tom Thumb and Quasimodo were walking down the street one day. “I wonder if I’m still the most beautiful woman in all the land” said Snow White.

“I wonder if I’m still the shortest man in all the land” said Tom Thumb.

“I wonder if I’m still the ugliest man in all the land” said Quasimodo. So the three decided to go and visit the magic mirror who would tell them if they still held their titles. Each went in alone to consult the mirror and came out to tell the others what they had found out. “Yes, I’m still the most beautiful in all the land” said Snow White.

“Yes, I’m still the shortest in all the land” said Tom Thumb.

“Who the hell is Camilla Parker-Bowles?” said Quasimodo.