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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some background info.  This might be obvious, but CH is considered to be a leftist / hard leftist publication in France, with a strong secular / non-religious flavor.  This is why they have no problem mocking religion.  Almost no one in France would say they are "racists", but plenty of people find it of poor taste.[/quote]

And plenty of people find it to be a cathartic breath of fresh air against the ravages of hypocrisy and magical thinking. It's not like anyone is forced to read it. 
And it's definitely not like they're protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers by holding up signs blaming every evil in the world on gay people...[/quote]

Rose isn’t calling for cartoonists to publish “images of the prophet Muhammad,” he says. But he does urge that people be [b]truthful [/b] that self-censorship is occurring.

“I understand that people feel intimidated,” Rose tells us. “I think we should be honest about it. We should not [apologize] it away to be polite. [b]We mock all religions, but we give special treatment to one religion right now. [/b]I’m just calling for honesty so we know what we’re talking about.”

Rose draws a comparison to how other religions are depicted in satire. “Look at the cartoons dealing with Christianity,” he tells The Post. ” We do not hesistate to be offensive. … Basically my approach is this: If you give in to intimidation, you will not get less intimidation, you will get more intimidation.”[/quote]

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