Wow, I feel honoured! Tee hee. First off, awesome pics!! Those are rather fantabulous. I especially like the first one. Also a big fan of the random tea kettle.
In re the whole cartoon fiasco, I find it's rather....aggravating. Simply put, I'm rather disgusted with all sides. First of all, while I believe that free speech is a very important part of our world, I feel that a lot of people justify offensive, pointless, bigoted expressions by saying that it's "free speech". Just because you're allowed to say it, doesn't mean you should. It doesn't make it right, or justified. I also find it somewhat aggravating how many other newspapers across Europe started publishing these cartoons as some kind of movement to support free speech. I feel like it trivializes free speech when supposedly advocating it means propagating offensive, pointless material. That being said, the whole reaction by multiple Muslim groups disgusts me. All they've done is support the supposed message expressed in these cartoons of Muslims being intolerant and violent. I find the greatest irony in all this is that prophet Mohammmed would probably be greatly disappointed with both groups, considering that he himself was an advocate for peace and understanding. I mean, if you're going to draw a picture of Osama bin Laden with a bomb on his head, it may be in poor taste, but it's a lot more accurate. The prophet himself was something of a pacifist, though perhaps not quite as much as Jesus. I guess I feel that everyone involved is rather.... misguided to say the least. And I'll never get over the fact that if most of these "Muslim" groups actually read the teachings of Islam, they don't follow a huge chunk of them. Well, I guess that's slightly arrogant of me to imply that I know better or something, but in a religion built on moderation, I don't think that bombing embassies because of one cartoon follows that at all.

Anyways, I should definitely go do some work.... midterms, assignments and various other evilness from my profs awaits me. Toodles.

P.S. Unrelated side note, I like the reversal of brackets.

doubly-plus Insightful! No one involved seems to see this conflict for what it is, always, satire and social commentary will seem to provoke anger, I think that they should assume the responsibility of their actions and at least admit that they knew something like this would happen )take Salman Rushdie for example(. Merci beaucoup for your commentaire.