I was actually checking on lipozene reviews when this news appeared in CNN website two days ago.
Maybe you have seen the Facebook page called “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” with over 100,000 members since it first went online in May 20th. Its creator, Molly Norris, a cartoonist from Seattle, got her inspiration from the news of South Park show producers receiving a death threat from a radical Muslim group after the show censored one of its episodes. That particular episode depicted the prophet Mohammed in a bear suit.
And as of today, Norris has become a prime target of assassination by an Al Qaeda group. FBI had to warn her that a death sentence has already been issued by a Muslim cleric. She apparently struck an artery and its about to burst on her.
The Facebook page has been pulled out and Norris issued an explanation in her website (which is currently down too):
“I make cartoons about current, cultural events. I made a cartoon of a ‘poster’ entitled “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!” with a nonexistent group’s name — Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor — drawn on the cartoon also. I did not intend for my cartoon to go viral. I did not intend to be the focus of any ‘group’. I practice the first amendment by drawing what I wish. This particular cartoon of a ‘poster’ seems to have struck a gigantic nerve, something I was totally unprepared for. I am going back to the drawing table now!”
The moral of the story is about respecting people no matter what they believe in.
I did not start a facebook page. A stranger did. I make cartoons about current events and post them on my website (now down). I made a satirical poster about freedom of expression and the slippery slope toward the loss of that. Sure, you can respect people no matter what they believe in all the way into sharia law. If you had watched the Southpark episode with five minutes of bleeping you may have been as horrified as I was. Where do we draw the line? Do we cave in to every threat until our freedoms are entirely gone? It’s a question worth asking you must admit. We are responsible for the history we are shaping.