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Originally Posted by jwoody
The way I read that story, I got the impression that it was an editorial decision not-to-publish unfunny cartoons, submitted on a whim, by an unfunny cartoonist.
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From the article:
"The Danish daily turned down the cartoons of Christ three years ago, on the grounds that they could be offensive to readers and were not funny."
"Zieler received an email back from the paper's Sunday editor, Jens Kaiser, which said: "I don't think Jyllands-Posten's readers will enjoy the drawings. As a matter of fact, I think that they will provoke an outcry. Therefore, I will not use them."
The Mohamed cartoons aren't funny either - most of them are just drawings of a man they say is Mohamed. I just find it somewhat inconsistent that Jyllands-Posten rejected cartoons satirising Jesus because they
might cause offense an provoke and outcry, whilst they published the cartoons satirising Mohamed because they
would cause offense and provoke an outcry.