New book with Muhammad Cartoons, ‘Tyranny of Silence’
Posted on October 1, 2010 by creeping
Five years ago to the day the original Muhammed cartoons were published. via Muhammad Cartoon architect releases the Tyranny of Silence
The man responsible for the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad Cartoon Crisis, Flemming Rose, met the press this afternoon to discuss the publication of his new book on the subject, The Tyranny of Silence.
Describing his motivation for going to print on the issue, Rose said that he wanted to “tell his story” while putting the cartoons in an “historical and social context.” He added that, he believed that it was important to start discussing future guidelines for freedom of expression in a rapidly changing world.
“Global society is becoming more multi-ethnic and multi-religious and this will just increase in the future. Another factor we have to deal with is the impact of modern technology. The question is how we handle this,” he said.
Referring to Europe’s attempts to deal with on-going societal changes as “ill conceived,” Rose condemned the efforts of some governments to toughen insult laws. “As we become more diverse, it appears that we want to enforce less diversity of expression,” Rose noted.
Calling for Europe to learn from the American experience, Rose said that the relaxation of so-called “hate speech” regulations in the United States had borne fruit. “There is less racism and freedom of expression has been widened in America. We see more inter-cultural marriages there than anywhere else.”
Notwithstanding his praise of American society, Rose stressed his disappointment at the fact that most American media had chosen not to print the controversial cartoons. Referring to a private conversation with an unnamed national editor, Rose said that the US media had opted to hide behind lofty principles, when, in reality, their decision not to print was based on pragmatic concerns for the safety of their correspondents in the Middle East.
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