| | Heretics' almanac: Aftenposten's right to speak yet never be offended (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | The Norwegian press is commemorating the anniversary of the Mohammad cartoon debacle, with a lot of self-righteous pontificating about freedom of speech, etc. I write self-righteous because it would appear that most newspaper editors feel that "freedom of speech" means that they have the right to print whatever they want without being criticized or condemned. |
 | | One wonders whether Åmås and his colleagues in Aftenposten exempt themselves from this principle, because they obviously don't think that Israelis, Jews, or anyone else has any right to question their motives or the quality of their work. |
 | | Quoting Sir Jonathan Sacks, Raanan Gissin, said that a "tsunami of antisemitism" is sweeping Norway, and this Ãmås thought was an example of Jews hysterically invoking victimhood. |
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