X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE, SPF_NEUTRAL,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no version=3.1.0 Sender: -1.5 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k150Mjma030415 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:22:45 -0500 Received: from dave.mr.itd.umich.edu (dave.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.70]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.2/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k150MiS1026413 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:22:44 -0500 Received: FROM zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) BY dave.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 43E54537.20418.30496 ; 4 Feb 2006 19:22:15 -0500 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x3so848235nzd for ; Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:22:15 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=gv9MZZPAxLyYqMTDLoMGr6AaHbAi098/eeRD1hY9Q7Onb0fxfn1etKlJhEl+oRke8P53xuVl+8to1xEpOEPTJMLtcTfrGUMhTjqknPPDoXhLxkN8YN4bHsntl5l2NPow8+slcrTuGZnRpgvlmp+8VbdECLGKt8lcFbtqfjKwCwQ= Received: by 10.36.148.13 with SMTP id v13mr3025548nzd; Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:22:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.23.11 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:22:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <43E53D0D.4020909 Æ umich.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_19037_30066720.1139098934836" References: <43E53D0D.4020909 Æ umich.edu> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 19:22:14 -0500 To: Matt Rudary Cc: Daniel Reeves , improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: John Kapusky Subject: Re: view the infamous cartoons, support free speech, buy legos Status: RO X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 366 ------=_Part_19037_30066720.1139098934836 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I don't see the humor, so probably don't get it. Like Seinfeld humor in England, it just doesn't work here. Its a shame that in the world somethin= g can get someones ire up some much that they would want to kill another person over it or burn down their embassy... Its just a drawing! On 2/4/06, Matt Rudary wrote: > > I completely agree with you that newspapers shouldn't be intimidated > into not printing this. It's a real shame, though, that the cartoons > aren't terribly clever or funny. This may be the reason that they > haven't been reprinted in US newspapers -- why print something insulting > to people without making a point? Further, I don't think US newspapers > have as much to worry about with respect to freedom of the press as > European papers do. It's thus more important to the European papers to > assert that right. > > Matt > > Daniel Reeves wrote: > > And by the way, I'm completely serious about this. I think this is a wa= y > > that improvetheworld can literally improve the world. > > > > Also, please don't be shy about chiming in on this. Once the first > > message is sent it's really no more burden for people to delete the > > whole thread (as long as you leave the subject line intact). > > > > > > (PS, I can see from the web logs that lots of you have viewed the > > pictures already so don't pretend you're not listening! :) > > > > > > --- \/ FROM Daniel Reeves AT 06.02.04 17:03 (Today) \/ --- > > > >> A Danish newspaper recently published cartoons depicting Mohammed and > >> muslims as terrorists. Muslims are up in arms about it. In fact, > >> they've burnt down the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria, as a > >> start. > >> > >> It's all over the news but no US newspaper has the backbone to print > >> the cartoons. I guess terrorism works. So this is an opportunity to > >> fight for free speech by helping make sure the agenda of the radical > >> religious right backfires. And so, improvetheworld brings you: > >> > >> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/itw/mohammed > >> (or google improvetheworld) > >> > >> Oh, and since muslims are calling for boycotts of Danish products in > >> response to those cartoons, you should also buy more Danish stuff. > >> Like Legos. > >> > >> , > >> Danny > > > > > -- Regards, John J. Kapusky ------=_Part_19037_30066720.1139098934836 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I don't see the humor, so probably don't get it. Like Seinfeld humor = in England, it just doesn't work here. Its a shame that in the world = something can get someones ire up some much that they would want to kill an= other person over it or burn down their embassy... Its just a drawing= !

On 2/4/06, M= att Rudary <mrudary Æ umich.edu> wrote:

I completely agree with you that= newspapers shouldn't be intimidated
into not printing this. It's a real= shame, though, that the cartoons
aren't terribly clever or funny. This may be the reason that they
ha= ven't been reprinted in US newspapers -- why print something insulting
t= o people without making a point? Further, I don't think US newspapers
have as much to worry about with respect to freedom of the press as
Euro= pean papers do. It's thus more important to the European papers to
asser= t that right.

Matt

Daniel Reeves wrote:
> And by the wa= y, I'm completely serious about this. I think this is a way
> that improvetheworld can literally improve the world.
>
&= gt; Also, please don't be shy about chiming in on this.  Once the= first
> message is sent it's really no more burden for people to del= ete the
> whole thread (as long as you leave the subject line intact).
&g= t;
>
> (PS, I can see from the web logs that lots of you have v= iewed the
> pictures already so don't pretend you're not listening! := )
>
>
> --- \/   FROM Daniel Reeves AT 06.02.04 = 17:03 (Today)   \/ ---
>
>> A Danish newspaper rec= ently published cartoons depicting Mohammed and
>> muslims as terr= orists.  Muslims are up in arms about it.  In fact,
>> they've burnt down the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria= , as a
>> start.
>>
>> It's all over the news bu= t no US newspaper has the backbone to print
>> the cartoons. = I guess terrorism works. So this is an opportunity to
>> fight for free speech by helping make sure the agenda of the r= adical
>> religious right backfires.  And so, improvethe= world brings you:
>>
>>   http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/itw/mohammed
>> &= nbsp;  (or google improvetheworld)
>>
>> Oh, an= d since muslims are calling for boycotts of Danish products in
>> = response to those cartoons, you should also buy more Danish stuff.
>> Like Legos.
>>
>> <ducking>,
>&g= t; Danny
>
>

--=
Regards,

John J. Kapusky=20 ------=_Part_19037_30066720.1139098934836--