Any Time Now...

...we Christians will start rioting.

One problem with that, however: a portrait of the Virgin Mary covered in dung--and looking suspiciously Sambo-like--does absolutely nothing to shake the faith of those who believe in her Son as the Savior of mankind. Yes, it's offensive, but burning down the New York Times building or issuing some form of Christian fatwa--an idea that is completely foreign to this Christian at least--on the artist (Chris Ofili) would violate the tenets of everything in which Christians believe and bring absolutely no credit upon Jesus Christ nor his followers. The editors of the New York Times know this. That's why they feel total comfort in publishing a photo of this painting, but balk at showcasing the Danish cartoons in question.

BTW, lest one think that no editor of a major newpaper is brave enough to re-publish the Danish cartoons, note the Philadelphia Inquirer. And, in front of the Inquirer building, there are protests, and talks of boycotts--and rightly so. Both sets of persons--the Inquirer's editors and those who are offended--have exercised and are exercising their American rights of peaceful free expression. However, no reports of arson by Islamic extremists on such newspapers or upon Danish Embassies/Consulates in the US have surfaced. I wonder why that is.

(Other American newspapers which have published the cartoons include the New York Post, the New York Sun, the Rocky Mountain [Denver] News and the Riverside [CA] Press-Enterprise. Additionally, the editorial staff of the alternative weekly New York Press walked off the job in the wake of the executive decision not to re-publish the cartoons.)

Meanwhile, Cheeseheads are seething over the desecration of their god, Vince Lombardi. I'm betting, however, that they'll wait for spring thaw to avenge their deity.

;-)

(Thanks to Michelle Malkin and LGF)