All I can say is that I’m not surprised…

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Back to the drawing board!

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Such a shame to know that if these cartoons were printed, some where in the world people would die. Yeah, religion is wonderful, isn’t it?

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I hope everyone will join me in emailing your vociferous disaproval to yale University Press site. (I sent mine to “customer service” which was fun) It is important to reject Mr. Donatich’ rationalization of why he chose censorship because it could hardly be more plain that this decision is(like Sam’s kidnapping example in EOF) motivated by fear. Principle over fear every time!

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I emailed the following:

University Press Public Affairs Officer
Heather D’Auria
email: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) <heather.dauria@yale.edu>

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That is probably better. Thanks for posting it. I also mailed the decider Mr.Donatich who can be found on something called spoke.com. I had to set up a phony account there since I don’t have any affiliation, but hopefully it finds its target.

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You can reach Jytte Klausen at her Brandeis University email:

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I sent an angry email.  I encourage others to do the same. These people need to know that there are consequences for their cowardice.

Here’s what mine said.

Hello,

I heard that the Yale University Press will be censoring the Danish cartoons that sparked riots in the muslim world from its upcoming publication “The Cartoons That Shook the World”.  That a publication for a university would cower this shamefully to a small group of thugs and religious fanatics is shocking and offensive.  I now believe Yale to be a school lacking in the most fundamental intellectual virtues; courage, honesty, and the free exchange of ideas.

I will be boycotting all Yale publications and encouraging friends and colleagues to do so as well.  You are apologists for extremism, and you also give cover and attempt to show toleration toward the most radical elements that threaten our society.  You should be ashamed of yourselves.  This is a sad commentary on the state of our discourse in academia.

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A fine and cranky assault dHagen. Not to press the point, but I hope everyone will do similarly. I think this is really important. The failure by most American media to stand up for you know, the ol bill of rights when the cartoons first inspired waves of ignorant barbarous violence remains a shameful moment in our history.

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A wave of cowardice has swept our nations most revered institutions, here to for, considered bastions of reason and civilized thought. And it is the “language” of we, who consider ourselves to the new voice of reason, that help push this ignorance onto the shoulders of those generations coming.
It was NOT a cartoon that “inspired” the vicious discourse and violent reaction attributed to it’s publication, but instead the people, extreme in their beliefs, who “inspired” and rallied the masses to commit these atrocities. Omitting these inanimate objects, images, places accountability on the objects and away from the people truly responsible.
If we are to consider ourselves the voice of Reason, in an age of Ignorance, then we must be honest in our approach to exposing this ignorance and stand firm in our convictions that Reason based on all the available information is the best discourse. Censorship is a tool for ignorant people, as is misplaced accountability.

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