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Friday, February 03, 2006

Graeme MacKay's Point of View

گرام مککای کاريکاتوريست روزنامه هميلتون اسپکتيتور است. يکی از بچههای بامعرفت. ديشب که از او خواستم چند خطی بنويسد، لطف کرد و در کامنتدانی مطلبش را نوشت. دوست دارم با ديدگاه کاريکاتوريستهای کانادايی بيشتر آشنا شويد.

As usual, Brian Gable hits the nail on the head with his eloquent article on this issue.Nobody knows how much controversy a cartoon can stir up better than Nik Kowsar himself. In retrospect, knowing how much the crocodile cartoon changed his life forever, that controversy pales by comparison to what was printed in the Danish paper. Nik remained within his boundaries as a good cartoonist ought to. He had the right to draw that cartoon, and the people who protested his cartoon had that right to protest it as well. It crosses the line, however, whether you stay within your boundaries, as Nik did, or go beyond it, as the Danish paper did, when death and bomb threats are issued in anger.

As an editorial cartoonist living in Canada, I respect the privilege I have of freedom of expression, and freedom of the press allows me to express myself... within certain boundaries, namely, don't be offensive to any religion. Some of those cartoons printed in the Danish paper were definitely offensive, in particular, the depiction of the prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb under his turban. The editor should've realized that that one alone was enough to throw his daytimer into absolute chaos following its publication.

But here's a message to all those righteous papers, such as those in North America who editorialize on embracing freedom of expression and freedom of the press while casting a blanket denunciation of Islam's medieval approach to such freedoms. Why not publish the very cartoons which has provoked this controversy?

The bottom line is controversy often puts a dent into newspaper profits. Publishing drawings of prophets hurts newspaper profits. (Hey I sense a cartoon idea coming! -- It's mine by the way.)

If a cartoon goes too far it's fine to write letters to the editor, it's fine to protest in the streets, it's your right to boycott the paper or even the country where the paper is printed. It is wrong to make death threats, and that's when healthy debate turns sour.

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