Re: Cartoon meme

From: Keith Henson (hkhenson@rogers.com)
Date: Thu 09 Feb 2006 - 17:50:26 GMT

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    At 10:18 AM 2/9/2006 +0000, Kate wrote:

    >Why did this story become huge just now, not when the cartoons first
    >appeared?

    >What was the paper's motivation in printing them?

    >What is the motivation behind individual countries' responses to the
    >printing and subsequent events?

    >Why have some countries' media reprinted them and others not?

    >I'm not hearing answers to any of these questions in the media coverage of
    >this story.

    Of course not. These are meta questions that cut to the bone of what humans are. There is great reluctance to discuss them even here.

    Keith Henson

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