As such the *only* place (using this argument) where it would be justified to ban anti-Mohammed drawings would be countries in former Yugoslavia, mainly Bosnia and Serbia.
And you know, because in ex-Yu we did go through that clash, unlike in the rest of Europe, cartoons were published and a few folks protested, but really the overwhelming majority of both 'sides' called for reason and nonviolent expression of opinion.
It's terrible to say that one has to go through a conflict to start opposing it genuinely, but I think you're very right in pointing out that the lack of precedent of such a conflict in (Western) European states makes it incomparable to a documented clash of a different nature, namely the Nazi regime and its consequences.
On the other hand I fear that the said lack of precedent is also a factor in Europe's meandering, insecure handling of the situation (and as such being weak before the well organised 'protesters').
The proper analogy of confronting Nazism with bans is confronting the anti-Mohammed cartoons with *mockery*.
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Date: 2006-02-10 03:34 pm (UTC)And you know, because in ex-Yu we did go through that clash, unlike in the rest of Europe, cartoons were published and a few folks protested, but really the overwhelming majority of both 'sides' called for reason and nonviolent expression of opinion.
It's terrible to say that one has to go through a conflict to start opposing it genuinely, but I think you're very right in pointing out that the lack of precedent of such a conflict in (Western) European states makes it incomparable to a documented clash of a different nature, namely the Nazi regime and its consequences.
On the other hand I fear that the said lack of precedent is also a factor in Europe's meandering, insecure handling of the situation (and as such being weak before the well organised 'protesters').
The proper analogy of confronting Nazism with bans is confronting the anti-Mohammed cartoons with *mockery*.
Agreed.