1. In the wake of Charlie Hebdo and the Copenhagen attack, we need to think more about why image making has become flashpoint.
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3. I discussed some aspects of power of cartoons in this piece on Charlie Hebdo:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-charlie-hebdo-attack-underscores-the-visceral-power-of-political-cartoons/article22346511/ …
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4. On the religious end of things, the question of iconophobia and aniconism is more complex than commonly realized.
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@HeerJeet May be overstating importance -- a handful of incidents over a decade filled with religious violence. Cartoons only a small part. -
@HeerJeet In part it is that our 'Western' media emphasize these attacks as part of framing Islam as anti-Western. - Show replies
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"Hate crime" - or is that only when Moslem(s) are victims, as in
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@MaggioMatt The killing at the synagogue is a hate crime, the cafe killing is ideological terrorism.
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