Another look at the Cartoon Controversy
18th March 2006
I meant to blog about this earlier, but did not have the time to do so. Not sure if people missed this article on Christianity Today, but I agree with its sentiment.
At the height of the cartoon caricature controversy, many in the media and in Blogosphere turned up their nose at the reaction of Muslim rioters and clamor for the right to freedom of the press and to free speech and expression.
This argument, however, assumes that the right to a free press requires the publication of the caricatures. It does not. It is no hard task to discuss the caricatures without showing them. It is no failure of a journalist’s duty or his commitment to universal freedom of the press to choose description over depiction. That’s a choice journalists make on a daily basis regarding porn, racist epithets, and other content offensive to ethnic and religious groups.
The article close with urging those who claim to follow Christ to lead the way in love, charity and respect. After all, Christ died for our Muslim friends too. Yes, even those who want to destroy us and “our” culture.
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