Re: Denmak in a sorry state
Somebody must have been holding a gun to the head of the Vatican as well?
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060203-024326-2031r.htm
Vatican: Don’t mock any religion
The Vatican Friday criticized western media for inflaming the Muslim world by running derogatory cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. Cardinal Archille Silvestrini, head of the Vatican’s department for Eastern Churches, told the Corriere della Sera freedom is not an absolute. The Muslim world is furious over a cartoon that first appeared in a Danish newspaper depicting Mohammed wearing a head covering that actually was a lit bomb. The initial uproar prompted newspapers across Europe this week to reprint the offending caricature to emphasize press freedom. “We, too, here in Europe, should rebel against the idea of mocking religious symbols,” Silvestrini said. “Freedom to satirize which offends other people’s feelings becomes prevarication.” The Italian news agency ANSA reported other clerics support Silvestrini’s position. “Freedom of the press, including satire, must stop where religious belief begins,” said Cardinal Ersilio Tonini, former archbishop of Ravenna . “There should be more respect for religion, whatever religion it is. What has happened over the last few days is an ugly, very ugly sign which should make us think.”