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REFERRING TO CALIFORNIA . . .

After having just written about the fine for littering in California - which was one fo the "inside" jokes about Will Farrell's character dropping a wrapper on the grass in the movies "Anchorman" which was shot is San Diego - I see California has now made the news with a near-riot during a student panel discussion of the cartoons about Islam.

You can look HERE to read about the event which Muslim Student Union members argued was "the equivalent of a hate speech disguised as freedom of expression."

Remember this started with a Danish newspaper published the cartoons depicting Muhammad, which the Islam religion says should not be shown in illustration.T hen riots of protest in Muslim countries resulted in deaths and the burning of the Danish Embassy. Believing the whole idea is that Muslims aren't to draw the Prophet Muhammad, but it is not wrong for anyone else to do so, I come down firmly on the side of Denmark - so much so that I am eating Dansk Butter Cookies in support.

UPDATE: CNN's story about this is HERE.

posted by Jody @ 11:55 AM