Thursday, February 23, 2006
Cartoon Controversy Update
:: Posted by max @ 2/23/2006 01:16:00 PM Weekly News
In an attempt to supplement the coverage of this story at Tom Spurgeon's Comics Reporter, Sequential presents the weekly summary of Mohammed cartoon-related events in Canada.
The main Canadian stories this week relating to the publication of cartoon depictions of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish Newspaper last September:
1. The largest Canadian protest to date took place in Toronto on Sunday, February 19. 2,500 people rallied outside the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park.
-CBC coverage
-CTV/Canadian Press article
2. Calgary's chief Crown prosecutor determines that the cartoons, reprinted in The Western Standard and the Jewish Free Press, do not constitute hate crimes.
Gordon Wong, Calgary's chief Crown prosecutor, said the Criminal Code requires an intent to incite hatred against a specific group, which wasn't present. "The intent was to debate the issue within the articles. That's different than inciting hatred," he said. Globe and Mail
3. University presses across Canada debate the issue. Several student newspapers have reprinted the cartoons and others have published controversial editorial cartoons in reaction to the controversy.
-P.W. Gooch, the president of Victoria University, Toronto, issues a statement regarding a controversial cartoon in the Strand newspaper
-Summary of the university press reaction by Tessa Vanderhart, including free speech debate in PEI
4. Journalist poll says: publish the cartoons. A poll of 221 Canadian journalists reveals that 7 out of 10 journos support the publication of the Danish cartoons. Globe and Mail
5. Many editorials on the subject, from the student press, as well as Trotskyist, Jewish and Christian presses.
Last week's summary at Sequential
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