tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217261862011-04-21T11:02:40.073-07:00Johanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14072158705025280547noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21726186.post-1138661634540282282006-01-30T14:53:00.000-08:002006-02-06T02:29:41.890-08:00greetings,<br /><br />i would like to say, that i am very confused about this situation. on one side, i see millions of muslims speaking their cause, frustrated and hurt by the situation, and on the other side, i see a newspaper, a goverment, and a country.<br />the newspaper, who started all of this, by posting pictures and an article, in an attemp to start the danish foreign debate once again, in order to make things better for everyone in the state of denmark.<br />i see a goverment, that cannot act, because of the freedom of speech. they do not have the power of acting against the press in this situation. the press must answer to its readers, not the law.<br />and i see the confused people of denmark, who has absolutely no idea of how 12 drawings became more inportant than 67 dead in poland, war and world hunger.<br /><br />we are all confused. some muslims are telling the danish goverment to react, but they cant. we have a free press.<br /><br />i believe (correct me if im wrong) that some muslims find it hard to believe that the press can write what ever it wants in denmark, because of the cencored situation in their home contries. ive heard such words as "why didnt the goverments prevent this?".. but the goverment couldn't have done anything.<br />another point is, that the newspaper didn't mean for a world wide debate. they did this, to set more focus on the debate in denmark. you can read this in their open letter on their website (danish and arab). also they have apologized for the unforseen reactions of their article.<br /><br />one thing, that i find very hard to handle, is that many muslims is blaming denmark and danes in general for this. many danes are very nice people, who couldn't harm a fly. does that not count?<br />i see our flag being burned, our people being threatened to leave their positions. i see the danish Red Cross people leaving, for christ sake, they are there to help!<br />i dont blame muslims in general, not all are doing this, i know! but who ever is doing it, please stop. it's making it worse!<br /><br />why on earth can't we live in tolerance and acceptance.<br /><br />im a danish protestant, and i respect all religions and cultures. this is my open letter to everyone.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[update]</span><br />danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten was evacuated because of bomb threats.<br /><a href="http://www.jp.dk/english_news/artikel:aid=3530748/">http://www.jp.dk/english_news/artikel:aid=3530748/</a><br /><br />the domains nodenmark.com, no4denmark.com and no4denmark.net has been bought, and anti-denmark websites are now to find on them..<br /><br />the danish embassy (and more) has been burned to the ground.<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4681294.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4681294.stm</a><br /><br /><br />Johan,<br />Denmark<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">open letter from the danish newspaper in question:</span><br /><a href="http://www.jp.dk/meninger/ncartikel:aid=3527566"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">danish</span></a>,<br /><a href="http://www.jp.dk/meninger/ncartikel:aid=3527646"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">english,</span></a><br /><a href="http://62.242.178.124/jp_brev_arabisk.pdf">arab (pdf)</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">more information / discussions about this subject:</span><br /><br />very good info on the subject:<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4677976.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/4677976.stm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://viking-observer.blogspot.com/2005/11/islam-vs-free-speech-case-of-denmark.html">http://viking-observer.blogspot.com/2005/11/islam-vs-free-speech-case-of-denmark.html</a><br /><a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/scandinaviantribe/thread/4398c78e-7f70-4152-bb60-bf3890800592">http://tribes.tribe.net/scandinaviantribe/thread/4398c78e-7f70-4152-bb60-bf3890800592</a><br /><a href="http://matttt.livejournal.com/359504.html">http://matttt.livejournal.com/359504.html</a><br /><a href="http://al-hiwar.blogspot.com/">http://al-hiwar.blogspot.com/</a><br /><a href="http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a000010-001623.htm">http://ming.tv/flemming2.php/__show_article/_a000010-001623.htm</a><br /><a href="http://jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin02006.php3">http://jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin02006.php3</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21726186-113866163454028228?l=johan1986.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Johanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14072158705025280547noreply@blogger.com2