| Press Release #1 (2006) |
Score De' Tours: Free or Quisling Press List (2006) |
Contest Entry Details |
Let Freedom and
Humor Live—
Because
Jihad is not
a
joke.
Why
Laughyourheadoff.org?
Unfortunately, the reasons for sponsoring a project to promote freedom of speech and expression remain much the same as they were in 2006. Therefore, we are just going to keep the same reasons for why the contest was initially started. The only additional reason is in itself reason enough to draw cartoons and celebrate freedom: the latest murder attempt on the life of Kurt Westergaard and his granddaughter by a Jihadist from Somalia with ties to Al-Qaeda.
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(The following was written in February, 2006 and appears with minor deletions and grammatical changes)
I will explain myself by citing (in
blue) the words of those
more eloquent
than I for assistance.
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One [actually, 2 sections] of 3 Indonesian Christian girls beheaded on their way to church in Oct. 2005 |
Because, just like in
Beowulf’s day, there is a brain-sucking
demonic entity whose tentacles are threatening liberty and justice in
As
Dutch
Somali-born
politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali
[who
is
under death threat] said.….“because
of the complacency and self-censorship of
Because
this
is an artistic and cultural battle of
In
support of France
Soir
editor, Serge Faubert.,
who dared to say: "Enough
lessons from these reactionary bigots!...Just because the Koran bans
images of
Mohammed doesn't mean non-Muslims have to submit to this." [And was then fired
by
his Quisling,
part-Egyptian publisher]
Because Dr. Agnès
Callamard, executive director of Article 19 rightly believes "The
right to freedom
of opinion and expression is a fundamental right that safeguards the
exercise
of all other rights and is a critical underpinning of democracy….As
international human rights courts have stressed, it is applicable not
only to
"information" or "ideas" that are favourably received but
also to those that offend, shock or disturb….Our societies need to find
more
sensible ways to address situations like this, which highlight global
differences of opinion. Free speech, the involvement of a diversity of
voices,
well-informed public debates and a responsible media are central to
this.” ·
And, as Kathleen Parker warns, "those
who out of a misguided sense
of cultural sensitivity and niceness try to justify Muslim outrage over
a cartoon are, frankly, lending aid and comfort to the enemies of
civilization."
Because a
morally-bankrupt,
politically-motivated,
self-promoting, Saudi-money-accepting, ex-President
Because
former US President, John Quincy Adams, wrote: “…he [Muhammad] declared
undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion,
against all
the rest of mankind…The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against
all who
deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God.”
Because…"freedom
of speech is
absolute. It is
not negotiable."
Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. He also said: "I will never
accept that
respect for a religious stance leads to the curtailment of criticism,
humour,
and satire in the press...As Prime Minister I have no tool whatsoever
to take
actions against the media and I don't want that kind of tool."
Because free speech is a healthy antidote to tyranny, since William
Pitt (the Younger) said: "Necessity
is the plea for every infringement of
human freedom; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves;” and
Edmund Burke warned that "The
true danger is when liberty is nibbled away for expedience and by
parts;"
and because Orwell said "If
liberty means
anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not
want to
hear."
Because it is time for Holger Danske to wake up from his slumbers and do battle again for the Danes.
Because
I am a
New
Yorker, a
Berliner, and a Dane, dammit, and if I wanted to live under the rules
of
Wahhabi hypocrites and totalitarians I would move to
Because
I like the taste of Havarti cheese, Carlsberg
beer, and
Danish ham.
In view of the
fact that “
Because any newspaper in the free world with any backbone should put examples of the offending 12 cartoons on their websites in solidarity with the press in Denmark.
As I agree with
the thought
that "No one
secure
in their religious beliefs need fear laughter." Rabbi Jonathan
Romain, at a protest in
Parliament during recent attempts to kill debate, reason, and liberty through various "hate-crime" schemes.
Because of the danger of: "As it
grows
into an international cause célèbre, the cartoon controversy indicates
the gulf
between the Islamic world and the post-Christian West in matters of
freedom of
speech and expression. And it may yet turn out that as the West
continues to
pay homage to its idols of tolerance, multiculturalism, and pluralism,
it will
give up those hard-won freedoms voluntarily.” Robert
Spencer
Because I don’t
want my
daughter or sons, or anybody else’s children, to end up living under dhimmitude, or dying like the girl in the picture
above.
Because
good-natured humor
is a great blessing, to persons and societies; and because allowing
ill-natured
or critical humor, even when it is not funny, is the price free and/or
offended
people must pay in order to stay free.
Because I am
FREE, thank God*, and I’d like to stay
that way. (*Not Allah)
Because I, like
many, many
concerned Christians, Jews, and others are very disturbed that the
majority of
the world’s Islamic leaders and newspaper editors don’t scream boycott
or
threaten death when their own cartoonists
picture Jews as blood-drinking pigs,
demons, or global conspirators for the Elders of Zion. Ditto the
hateful
cartoons and sermons that are aimed at Hindus, Buddhists, and,
well...all
non-Muslims! Tolerance is a two-way street in our still-intact neck of
the woods.
Because heroes
like Preben Munch-Nielsen need to remembered, and emulated. The spirit
of Hitler is on the move again and there needs to be worldwide
resistance.
Because maybe this cartoon contest will help
increase
the tidal wave of protest, prayer and resistance that is needed in
order to
defeat the
Islamofascist freaks who dance around and cheer when elderly Jewish
grandparents are blown to little, bloody bits during a Passover Seder,
or when
they see the heads of “infidels” rolling in front of them. It does
little good for someone to remember the Holocaust when they don't see
the next attempt coming.
Because,
while not trying to disturb or offend any other human being with
dignity who follows
Islam,
I tend to agree with John Q. Adams, who wrote that: “In the seventh century
of the
Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar [i.e.,
Muhammad],
the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the
preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an
impostor,
proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation
and
delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from
the
sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the
doctrine of
one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious
falsehood,
that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the
new
Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future
retribution, he humbled it to the dust by adapting all the rewards and
sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual
passion. He
poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading
the
condition of the female sex, and the
allowance of
polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a
part of
his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS
DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE
SPIRITUAL
PART OF HUMAN NATURE (Adams'
capital letters)….Between
these two religions, thus contrasted in their characters, a war of
twelve
hundred years has already raged. The war is yet flagrant…While
the
merciless and dissolute dogmas of the false prophet shall furnish
motives to
human action, there can never be peace upon earth, and good will
towards men.”
Because as even the
former Archbishop
of Canterbury, Lord Carey, who has voiced tremendous respect for
and given the appropriate honor to
the Muslim peoples of the world, has said:
“....wherever
we look,
Islam seems to be embroiled in conflict with other faiths and other
cultures.
It is in opposition to practically every other world religion- to
Judaism in
the
Mostly,
because I am not
really inclined just yet to bow down, bend over, and submit to the
enforced
political sodomy that Islamofascists wish to commit against me and my
civilization.
There
are
more reasons,
but these should help you get the point of why it is so important that
more of the
world's Muslims learn to take a joke without the urge to behead
someone, and
why free people must not allow their leaders to take away their right
to draw
cartoons or make statements that may be offensive to others.
Walter Skold (I used a pseudonym in 2006-7)
" ..................................................... Laughing Your Head Off...