UIUC fires editor for publishing Mohammed cartoons

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<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/15/editor.fired.ap/[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/15/editor.fired.ap/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I do not see the reason behind the student posting the cartoons. He should know that all he’ll get from this are further protests. I agree that UIUC made a good decision since not only was the publishing uncalled for, it did not involve the consent of other members. Also, UIUC’s reputation would decline based only on this kid’s naive decisions!</p>

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<p>Iceberg sinks Titanic. GBPH</p>

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<p>Free speech in a free society? Hmmm.</p>

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<p>Have you seen the cartoon? Its pretty tame, really.</p>

<p>There is a lot to the story besides the cartoons, the timing, the fact that initiialy no one really cared, that the people pushing the protests ahd their own agenda, that other pictures were included in the 'packet" shown to islamic leaders that made them angrier that had nothing to do with the orignial contest</p>

<p>But, we don’t get most of the story unless we hunt for it</p>

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<p>Haha there you go- diversity! Except when it comes to ideas, of course. Was Ward Churchill fired? How about that guy who compared Bush to Hitler? Liberals sicken me. Stand by Gorton and Denmark!</p>

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<p>Why do liberals sicken you? Most liberals strongly stand up for free speech, and would be supportive of printing the cartoons (which absolutely were tame, for the most part).</p>

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<p>This isn’t a question of freedom of speech, its a question of freedom of the press. And the thing to remember is that freedom of the press belongs to whoever own the printing press. U of I owns the press. If the guy wants to start his own paper and print whatever he likes, fine. If he’s using the U of I’s press he’s got to follow their rules. He wanted to make a point, he made it, he paid the price he knew was due for making the point. What’s the issue?</p>

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<p>so, you are assuming a liberal did the firing> is that what you are saying?</p>

<p>it appears it was more of an interal struggle regarding the direction of a newspaper</p>

<p>I agree, I don’t think firing was called for, but if this editor has a history, of which we don’t know, we don’t know all the story</p>

<p>liberal? where did that come from</p>

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<p>In case you have been living in a box most of your life, universities and colleges in American are overwhelmingly run by LIBERALS. I would blame conservatives too, if they were in power.</p>

<p>Internal struggle…yea right…you didn’t see Ward Churchill fired, did you? Or that guy who compared Bush to Hitler. No, thats “academic freedom”. Its only when you cross the line of political correctness you have to face up to the consequences. I bet that you, Citygirlmom, have no problem with that teacher who compared Bush to Hitler.</p>

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<p>You can’t have a free society without a free press.</p>

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<p>Whats done, is done. I’m happy his sorry ass is fired! I cant wait till I publish my Holocaust denying articles!</p>

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<p>The cartoons were lawful speech and within the reasonable bounds of criticism. The editor was fired because others did not agree with the editor’s expression of support for free speech by the cartoon writer. If this is the standard, then universities should be able to fire editors publishing cartoons making fun of former President Clinton or any elected official simply because the university does not agree with the editor’s opinion. If I were a member of the UIUC community, I would be engaging in a lot of civil disobedience about right now.</p>

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<p>If I were at UIUC, I’d force the college to publish anti-Holocaust articles.</p>