The Cape Breton Post of Sydney, N.S. has come out with a tasteless cartoon depicting two Muslims sitting atop a stack of skulls commenting favourably on the Oslo massacre. Postmedia spins that the public is outraged because of the negative portrayal of Muslims. Then again it would; the CB Post is of course a Postmedia outlet.
The Postmedia story implies that people are upset because the rather amateurish cartoon does not distinguish between everyday Muslims and Islamic terrorists, although from the skulls, it almost seems obvious the pair are terrorists whether the cartoonist meant it or not.
Fair enough. But look at this way. The approval of these terrorists over the action of Anders Breivik puts the Christian conservative terrorist in their league. A league which carries with it the teachings of the likes of Steyn, Levant, Coren, Geller and the right wing extremist press, not to mention the Wentes and Kays who defend and protect these merchants of hate.
[Editor] Ayers said he thinks readers were offended because the cartoon refers to a recent horrific event and so they missed the message.
“The cartoon isn’t taking a stand on whether it’s a horrific thing,” he said. “(It’s) saying the Norwegian homegrown terrorist’s agenda seems to match up with what Islamic terrorists are trying to do.”
Is the cartoon offensive? Yes. Should the Cape Breton Post have published it? No. Did the artist intend to link right wing terrorists with Islamic terrorists? Highly unlikely. But that is what he has done. The cartoon would have been just as inflammatory had it depicted Breivik on the top of the skulls reading about 9/11. In fact, it would have been far more appropriate. A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist.
