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2007-08-24 Fifth Column

Opus Comics Widely Censored Out Of Fear Of Offending Muslims

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-24 09:57|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Bunch of cowards.
They will run all over and offend everyone under the sun........ except those that will kill them.
Real brave way to show you are all for the first amendment guys. Real brave.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-08-24 10:15|| 2007-08-24 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 A slap in the face for all the people who fought and died so that we could enjoy a free and open society. Islam has already worn out its welcome several times over. Watching craven cowards kow-tow to these cretinous bastards goes beyond revolting. This appeasement only greases the wedge's thin end.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-08-24 10:40|| 2007-08-24 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey! Mebbe they pulled the strip becasue I find it offensive. Sometimes. Usually pretty funny, though.

But Doonesbury is almost always offensive to me.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-24 10:42|| 2007-08-24 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 moose - I attempted to access the link but all I get is a message saying "service unavailable".

I'm not 'puter literate. Please advise: Is it me or my 'puter or the link? Thank you.

OT: I don't listen to him everyday but as so happens I was tuned into the end of the Rush Limbaugh show yesterday (as perhaps were some other RB'ers. I'm going to paraphrase Mr. Limbaugh's words but I assure you what I'm about to write is accurate:

On Thursday, Aug. 23rd Rush said the following: "What I am about to say is going to get me into trouble...what I'm about to say will upset some people...but I'm going to say it anyway. My good friend Andy McCarthy...who writes for National Review and who helped to prosecute The Blind Sheik after the first attack on the WTC in 1993 has made this point and I'm about to make the same point: Read the words of Al Queada, read the words of the muslim throughout the world as to why they hate America. And when you do you will find that their reasons for wanting us destroyed will be found in the...(pause for effect)...their KORAN.

The manner in which he stated this fact... a fact known to us for a long time here at RB, suggested to me that he was announcing this fact for the first time to his radio audience. Maybe you had to be there to hear for yourself, but I'm saying that a hurdle in educating America was crossed by Rush yesterday on Aug. 23rd. A hurdle, I might add, that should have been crossed a long time before yesterday as we are now some 6 years removed from 9-11.

Would that our elected leaders have the simple courage to acknowledge this disturbing but truthful reality. Sigh.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-08-24 11:00|| 2007-08-24 11:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I've yet to find the Constitutional Amendment that declares "You have the right not to be offended."
But it's gotta be in there someplace, right?

Posted by tu3031 2007-08-24 11:11|| 2007-08-24 11:11|| Front Page Top

#6 From Wikipedia "The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to God (Arabic: الله, Allāh)."

That is inconsistent with:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

One has to be subordinated to the other. You choose.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-08-24 11:46|| 2007-08-24 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 I was going to say that I wouldn't mind if they censored offensive cartoons if they had a practice of censoring cartoons which were similarly offensive to Christians, etc. Papers censor offensive items DAILY.

But then I clicked and saw the cartoon. That's IT! That's what they felt compelled to censor?!!

Sheesh. What a bunch of wimps. And considering that they constantly publish works far more offensive to Christians, Jews, women, etc., we can all have a good laugh next time they say they are bold protectors of the first amendment.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 13:11|| 2007-08-24 13:11|| Front Page Top

#8 I say we all go out and offend the over sensitive.... I for one am a little hungry today... Lets have some baby back PORK ribs!

BTW : I am also getting "Service Unavailable" on the link, but as a fan of Opus, I know Breathed doesn't hold back, and shame on Wappo and the other rags for witholding the strip...

Posted by BigEd 2007-08-24 13:17|| 2007-08-24 13:17|| Front Page Top

#9 just keep trying - it is there. His server is probably just overwhelmed with all of the hits.

Funny - I would not have even seen it were it not for the publicity.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 13:26|| 2007-08-24 13:26|| Front Page Top

#10 "Funny - I would not have even seen it were it not for the publicity".

Funny...I would not have known of the threat to my children and grandchildren but for the likes of RB, LGF, and JW....

If you don't known what the above abbreviations stand for you don't know the threat.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-08-24 14:04|| 2007-08-24 14:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Huh? But I do know what those stand for and I feel quite certain you misunderstood my point.

My point was that when Muslims seek to censor things as silly as this that they only hurt their own cause - on two levels.

1. They call more attention to that which they seek to hide

2. That it increases the discussion about Islam and how it is not compatible with modern society.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 14:13|| 2007-08-24 14:13|| Front Page Top

#12 There server has probably died, as this article was posted on some very high volume sites. However, they did say that *two* of his comics on the subject have been censored, and that they could be seen at the Slate site, in their Opus archive. One of the comics was in mid to late September, the other later.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-24 14:25|| 2007-08-24 14:25|| Front Page Top

#13 It's still there when I click. Maybe some of the browsers are censoring?

For those of you who can't see... The guy with the cigarette always hanging out of his mouth is talking to a woman dressed up in a hijab that also covers her mouth.

Wondering why she is dressed that way, he asks her, "A Muslim Fundamentalist?" She answers, "No, Radical Islamist. Hot new fad on the planet".

Bobby - it's not Doonesbury. It's Bloom County. Different cartoonists. Doonsbury (Tradeau) is boring liberal tripe. Breathed (Boom County) is funny.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 14:43|| 2007-08-24 14:43|| Front Page Top

#14 make that...BLOOM County. No pun was intended.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 14:46|| 2007-08-24 14:46|| Front Page Top

#15 I understand, UMcG I see both every Sunday in Mrs. Bobby's WaPo. Sometimes Bloom County is offensive to me (Bush bashing), but almost always funny. I haven't found Doonesbury funny since Clinton left office. Liberal tripe is generous.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-24 16:14|| 2007-08-24 16:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Bobby: Sorry, I misunderstood your comment. I cancelled my papers long ago and so I haven't read Bloom County for years. Too bad if sunk to Bush basing I used to really like him - I suppose it helps keep him syndicated. If nothing else, I give him a tip of the hat for being brave enough to publish these cartoons.

Posted by Unutle McGurque8861 2007-08-24 17:26|| 2007-08-24 17:26|| Front Page Top

#17 Try here for odd comics (I like Pibgorn myself)
http://www.gocomics.com/

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-08-24 18:45|| 2007-08-24 18:45|| Front Page Top

#18 But then I clicked and saw the cartoon. That's IT! That's what they felt compelled to censor?!!

Don't forget the South Park episode -- they had Mohammed show up at the door to deliver a note or something, and then had Jesus dancing around crapping on things.

Guess which was blanked out by the network?

For those of you who can't see... The guy with the cigarette always hanging out of his mouth is talking to a woman dressed up in a hijab that also covers her mouth.

That would be Steve Dallas.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-08-24 19:30|| 2007-08-24 19:30|| Front Page Top

#19 ...it's not Doonesbury. It's Bloom County.

Actually, it's Opus. Bloom County was funny. Opus...not so much, except when he's recycling old Bloom County gags (previously recycled in Outland).

Any of them are funnier than Doonesbury. I have some Doonesbury books which suggest that in the distant past it, too, was funny. Scientists now believe these to be hoaxes.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-08-24 19:46|| 2007-08-24 19:46|| Front Page Top

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