An "oversight"
In the wake of most Western media outlets cowardice in refusing to publish the infamous Mohammed, students at the University of Saskatchewan have followed in professional media's footsteps by refusing to publish the Mohammed cartoons, but showing far less concern that they might offend Christians.
A newspaper cartoon targeting religion has once again sprung into the spotlight -- this time in a two-frame jab at Christianity in the University of Saskatchewan student newspaper, the Sheaf.
The newspaper is issuing a mea culpa after a cartoon depicting Jesus performing a sex act on a capitalist pig was published in Thursday's edition of the Sheaf.
"The comic was actually laid out and went to print as a result of an editorial oversight and a mistake," production manager Liam Richards said Monday. "It was not our intention to have a (public) reaction to it."
The cartoon ran a week after the student-funded newspaper ran a four-page spread discussing the controversial Danish cartoons picturing the Prophet Muhammad, which have incited rioting and violence by Muslim extremists around the globe. Then-editor-in-chief Will Robbins wrote an editorial telling readers the Sheaf would not publish the cartoons, which have offended so many.
The newspaper's editor-in-chief has resigned -- mainly because the "editorial oversight" explanation doesn't hold water on its own. A lot of thought went into the decision not to publish the Mohammed cartoons, but little-to-no thought went into this "editorial oversight." This cartoon wasn't just wafting through the building's air system and, unobserved by anyone, just happened to land on a page. Nope, there was a conscious, bad, decision made by some fools who obviously don't think much of Christians.
Of course, the response to this issue also starkly shows the difference between Christians and Muslims when they are offended by distasteful cartoons.
Gavin Gardiner, outgoing president of the University of Saskatchewan Students' Union, said his office has received two dozen e-mails complaining about the cartoon.
24 e-mails vs. hundreds dead and injured, buildings torched, etc. Maybe that's why there's a certain nonchalance about offending Christians.
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"... Danish cartoons picturing the Prophet Muhammad ..."
I know you didn't write that, but let me ask you a question about it. Why does the media always refer to "the Prophet Muhammed"? You wouldn't expect them to say "the Lord Jesus".