Comments on: Did You Hear the One About http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: BrianOfAtlanta http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7732 BrianOfAtlanta Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:23:27 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7732 Man, what an exercise in mealy mouthed weasel words. This was especially good: <i>The Sheaf strongly condemns the action taken by the P.E.I. administration and Student’s Union in removing the Cadre from their campus. While we have chosen to focus on other issues that we feel are more important instead of republishing these cartoons, this should not be taken as endorsement of the suppression of discussion or dissent in the rest of the student, alternative, or mainstream press.</i> In other words, "We will offend anyone we please as long as there is no credible threat that we will face repercussions from it." What a bunch of weenies. Man, what an exercise in mealy mouthed weasel words. This was especially good:

The Sheaf strongly condemns the action taken by the P.E.I. administration and Student’s Union in removing the Cadre from their campus. While we have chosen to focus on other issues that we feel are more important instead of republishing these cartoons, this should not be taken as endorsement of the suppression of discussion or dissent in the rest of the student, alternative, or mainstream press.

In other words, “We will offend anyone we please as long as there is no credible threat that we will face repercussions from it.”

What a bunch of weenies.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7728 Justin Gardner Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:14:39 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7728 Meh. Meh.

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7726 Callimachus Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:51:32 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7726 Phillip: You're right; I linked to the wrong page on the paper's site. Thanks for checking that. Phillip: You’re right; I linked to the wrong page on the paper’s site. Thanks for checking that.

]]> By: Phillip J. Birmingham http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7722 Phillip J. Birmingham Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:43:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7722 You imply that "inflammatory, offensive and hateful" comes from the newspaper itself, yet you lifted that quote from a letter to the editor. The paper's reasoning, while I don't agree with it, is <a href="http://www.thesheaf.com/features/features/trying_to_connect" rel="nofollow">a bit different.</a> You imply that “inflammatory, offensive and hateful” comes from the newspaper itself, yet you lifted that quote from a letter to the editor.

The paper’s reasoning, while I don’t agree with it, is a bit different.

]]> By: GN http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7721 GN Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:27:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/03/09/did-you-hear-the-one-about/#comment-7721 Well, things have just calmed down in Nigeria(where 300+ were killed in the riots over the Mohhamed cartoon. I'm thinking that the offended Cristians are grabbing their Passports and packing for a trip to Africa. None of the religious zealots seem to punish the actual offenders. On a lighter note, sometimes (though rare) I get a warm fuzzy feeling rmemembering that I couldn't afford college in my younger days. Perhaps some really creative artist could pen some cartoons on Editors and Publishers. Well, things have just calmed down in Nigeria(where 300+ were killed in the riots over the Mohhamed cartoon. I’m thinking that the offended Cristians are grabbing their Passports and packing for a trip to Africa. None of the religious zealots seem to punish the actual offenders.

On a lighter note, sometimes (though rare) I get a warm fuzzy feeling rmemembering that I couldn’t afford college in my younger days. Perhaps some really creative artist could pen some cartoons on Editors and Publishers.

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