We continue to see more institutions in America surrendering freedoms because of fears of Muslim violence. The latest is Borders/Waldenbooks.
Blogger Tim Blair posts:
Borders Books chickens out: Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.Blair recalls that in 2001 Borders sponsored events to express its opposition to book banning:
Borders Books, Music, and Cafe, 4030 Commonwealth Ave., hosted a reading in honor of banned books week. ... Nine area residents read excerpts from their favorite banned books.Borders/Waldonbooks has lots of company, including almost all of America's major MSM news organizations.
Where will knuckling under to fears of violence or simply "offending the feelings of Muslims" take us?
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds suggests we're going to get more of this:
If you don't like ideas, don't bother arguing with them. Just threaten to kill people. They'll back down. Or at least their booksellers, universities, and governments will. How long before other groups take this lesson to heart?If you're a Muslim extremist or an apologist for them you have to feel you're side is the big winner in the Cartoon War.
Advancing toward fascism, one cowardly institution at a time.
Who would have thought it would be so easy to intimidate major American institutions.
3 comments:
Book banning is a safe thing to protest in the US.
Head removal isn't.
-AC
They have convinced me. More than one can use that strategy. As I said before, I favor assault on Islam. Just because they got to name the game and set the rules, doesn't mean they can't lose. BIG!
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