Hi,
I'd like to join this debate, hopefully guiding it a little back on topic, instead of the mudthrowing there has been going on here.
The situation is wel described in the opening post of what has happened. In the last days several middle eastern countries have started boycutting danish products as mentioned earlier. I would like to ask: WHY?
The argument from the Saudi Arabian government is that the danish government has not done enough in this case. The danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has clearly stated that the government has one oppinion about this topic: they have none. They are allowed to have an oppinion, but not to act on this. According to the danish law, the government has no right to interfere with anything that is about free speech. It is illigal and could end in a high court case,. in worst cases, they can be accused of treason (I don't that that that would happen, but it is possible). What should be done in this case is that the people who think is is against the paragraph of Blasphemy, they can sue the newspaper of Jyllands-Posten. Then it would be up to court to decide if it is a violation of the law. The government has nothing to do with this!
Now you want to punish the entire danish population for the actions of 12 drawers and 3 owners of a newspaper? You claim that the government has not done enough? They have followed everything the law commands!
What if we started to punish your nations on the cause of a few people? There's a Saudi Arabian guy called Osama Bin Laden. Now lets cut all diplomatic ties to Saudi Arabia because of that guy. I know that 99,9% of you have nothing to do with that guy, and I would never even consider punishing a nation on the actions on a single person. But you do it the other way around? What would Saudi Arabia say if we boycutted all Saudi Arabian products, because of such an action? They would be outraged, and clearly understandable.
Now I want you to understand that when we follow a national law of free speech, and a firm like ARLA (probably the danish firm that takes most damage from this) has nothing to do this. The government has nothing to do with this. Also Denmark has for several centuries fought for free speach and it is a part of the society. It is a case for the court if free speech has been taken too far. The law passing system, the tribunal system and the law keeping system must not be mixed. It is the core of democracy, so understand that your original argument is without meaning as our government acts upon our laws.
Now the Arabic legue has demanded UN resolutions against denmark! Again I ask: for what?
For 15 people's actions? However it should more likely be the other way around, as most of the middle east is now carrying out an illigal boycut of danish products, but we would not consider such thing.
I must at last point out: yes I am danish (you had probably guessed it), but I am in no way anti-islamic, and I despise the Dansk Folkeparti (danish folk party, an extreme right winged party), but in this case I am against the islamic choices of action, as they are build upon what I would consider outrageous. You have your religion, you have your right to be proud in it, but you have no right to fight a holy war for it against us. you may protest against such drawings, you probably should, that is not up to me, but you still follow our laws for it. If only the danish imans had taken this to the danish high court, all this would have been avoided. Now instead they travelled around the middle east preaching what I would call lies and propaganda.
I have recently endured being called infidel several times today, I have seen my national flag been burned and I feel more sad than raged. I simply cannot understand your choice of actions in this case.
I will also point out that I am in no way supporting the danish government normally, I think the danish prime minister is weak and more concerned about staying in power than taking care off the country of denmarj, but in this case he has reacted perfectly. He has acted according to our law, and that is what I support and respect.
At last I would like to point out my oppinions in this case: Jyllands Posten has made a mistake, but not broken the law. They have several times apologized, but it has been ignored. The case is between them and the muslims who are mad about this, and this can be decided in court, not in a parliament. Jyllands Posten has ued the freedom of speech, maybe too far, but it is one of the most important laws in the state of denmark. Respect our laws please, as what has been done has happened in our country.
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