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Wiley Miller, whose \"Non Sequitur\" comic strip has won several national awards and appears daily in roughly 800 newspapers, said he was not surprised by the decision to yank the single-panel, \"Where's Muhammad?\"cartoon because even the word itself is such a \"dicey thing\" nowadays.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/11/ca ... on-yanked/

Political correctness run amok once again.

It's a business decision, first and foremost.

On the other hand I really wish that we, as a society, could move on from petty concerns like this.

On the other hand I really wish that we, as a society, could move on from petty concerns like this

Yes Null...petty concerns like speech being stifled because of possible threats and intimidation by a religious group of fanatics. Maybe there would be more outrage if the group of fanatics were baptist or catholic.

ThunderBunny wrote:

On the other hand I really wish that we, as a society, could move on from petty concerns like this

Yes Null...petty concerns like speech being stifled because of possible threats and intimidation by a religious group of fanatics. Maybe there would be more outrage if the group of fanatics were baptist or catholic.

And on the gripping hand I really wish that people would read my posts, instead of kneejerk raging.

null0010 wrote:And on the gripping hand I really wish that people would read my posts, instead of kneejerk raging.

welcome to the dbb.

null0010 wrote:It's a business decision, first and foremost.

On the other hand I really wish that we, as a society, could move on from petty concerns like this.

You must have been there when the decision was made.

ThunderBunny wrote:

On the other hand I really wish that we, as a society, could move on from petty concerns like this

Yes Null...petty concerns like speech being stifled because of possible threats and intimidation by a religious group of fanatics. Maybe there would be more outrage if the group of fanatics were baptist or catholic.

I'm going to fall for the trap here and make a comment.

I think as a business decision it was the right call. There is no violation of free speech laws since Miller can still publish his work independently. And wouldn't you think it was a good move if The Washington Post refused to run a strip titled "Where's the ★■◆●?" In fact, you might even question why the cartoonist thought it was OK to to even draw it.