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The Moroccan street: No to violence, no to Western disrespect
From taxi drivers to professors, Moroccans weigh in on the cartoon controversy.
By Mark MacNamara [2006-02-09]

  • Similar reactions? No.

    "Not funny, is it?" says Hottel. "I was deeply offended just to hear it cast as an example. Well, that's roughly the effect on Muslims of these cartoons. And can you imagine if the situation were reversed, if this had been someone outside the religion making jokes about Judaism? You better bet there would have been the same reaction."

    I can't imagine the reaction being the same at all. The image of mobs of LA Jews forming on the Westside and in the Fairfax district, converging on the site of the Iranian consulate and setting it afire ... that's a bad SNL skit. No, sorry, the reaction wouldn't be the same.

    -- marktgarten
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    Thursday, February 9, 2006 07:05 AM
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