The Guardian censors Sue Blackmore
Sue Blackmore, the author of the Comment is Free article linked two posts below this, has some interesting things to say about it in the comments section of Richard Dawkins’ website.
Firstly, the reason the news reported in her comment was old is because the article was written two weeks before it was published. The topic was considered so controversial that the editor of CiF had to personally approve it, and several phone calls and emails were exchanged before it was finally posted.
Secondly, the article which Sue originally submitted contained this link to the 12 Motoons, but when it appeared on CiF the link had been replaced with this one – a Guardian story about them.
The editors at CiF are so scared of offending Muslims that they won’t even link to the Motoons, let alone publish them.
Comment is Free-ish
I got censored on Yahoo for demanding to know why religious people couldn’t keep their noses out of other people’s business! Although a lot of folk agreed, one of the nutters complained to Yahoo and the question was judged in violation of the T&C. The didn’t say how or what bit was in violation. So I’m going to ask the that question next. 😉
Funny how Muslims get all haughity about Mo. Who is protecting the rights of the majority of non-religious people in the UK who actually don’t give a fig about Mo-fucking-Hammed or Jesus-Harold-Christ or any of the other fictional beings they care to dream up?
It’s about time we started shouting a bit louder for fear we get trampled in the stampede to protect religous expression (each form of which is potentially at odds with every other one).
This might be worth supporting. Check out Ophelia on Butterflies and Wheels:
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/notesarchive.php?id=1815
How about flooding all the links with “Jesus-and-Mo” cartioons?
Oh, and write to the Grauniad – though there is a good piece by Peter Tatchell in there now:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2007/03/tehrans_heroic_women.html