who's the cartoon

been following the Jyllands-Posten’s cartoon issue,
very angry myself..

the Danish government still want to uphold
their too-proud-to-admit-it stance
while the Muslim countries demand
their rights to be honoured

out of the many newsprints
i like this particular newspaper's report
on this particular paragraph

"PM Rasmusssen of Denmark quoted as saying;
freedom of expression is the very foundation
of Danish democracy and the Danish government
has no means of influencing the press.

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson
warned Saudi Arabia that it would seek action
from the World Trade Organisation
if Riyadh supported a boycott of Danish goods.

Mandelson told a Saudi official that
any boycott of Danish products
would be a boycott of the European Union.

The Saudi official said his government
had not encouraged the boycott."

hehehe.. very funny statements
i meant the EU's and Danish's

come on.....
you would tell on them???
it's so childish..
can't you stand and fight your own battle???

well, they never will and were anyway..

on another note,
this is not about freedom
this is about respect..

this also shows, one of the flaws
in total freedom...
people will lose respect over others
no control is another..

and i really have to applaud
the response by the Saudi’s official..
tit for tat, huh?

all we want is an official apology
and not to commit the same mistake
never ever again..
is that so much to ask for?

i quote from Wikipedia..
"The newspaper has apologised for offending Muslims,
but maintains its right to print whatever it likes."

you see, this is where i always
do not understand
and do not believe entirely
and always cynical to
the doctrines/principles of international human rights...
vis-à-vis it must be universal, inalienable and absolute

for the record, i do believe in rights..
just not the 'internationally'..

what i meant to say is.. among others..
how could one's right must be unconditionally
to be accepted by others?

we have almost 7 billion people populating the world
we are ALL DIFFERENT in nature
be it language, background, race, religion, etc
the variation goes on..

no way...
it could be International and Universal..

for example..
lets say.. the right to smoke in public

the smokers will say that
"it's my individual and human right to smoke,
whenever and wherever"

ever wonder what the non-smokers will say?
"whatever..."

Quote to Ponder

"only a fool will let him/herself to be bitten
by the same snake, at the same pit.. twice"