A Blog Post by Patrick Redmond
This was going to be a simple
blog post promoting my recent interview with the author of the Jesus and Mo comic on our podcast. My original plan was to reproduce an example of the strip
on the site, but if you scan down the page you’ll see that this hasn’t happened,
and I’m finding myself increasingly annoyed by this fact. The reason ties in
with the whole controversy over depicting Mohammed, although the cartoon in
question claims to show a body double of Mohammed in a tongue in cheek
circumvention of the issue.
When I mentioned my plan to some people there was a little intake of breath and a look of uncertainty. Imprinted on their minds are the scenes of Muslims marching down streets bearing placards calling for the beheading of cartoonists that satirise Islam. There was concern that it might not be the wisest thing to do, that there may be implications for families and so I’ve not done it. But this really really irks me. And so with some shame, along with such luminaries as the producers of South Park
When I mentioned my plan to some people there was a little intake of breath and a look of uncertainty. Imprinted on their minds are the scenes of Muslims marching down streets bearing placards calling for the beheading of cartoonists that satirise Islam. There was concern that it might not be the wisest thing to do, that there may be implications for families and so I’ve not done it. But this really really irks me. And so with some shame, along with such luminaries as the producers of South Park
