Council polls could be scrapped

**threaded** · 9 February 2006, 10:39

Obligatory Simpson quote: "Ha ha"

Is it true that the UK is now the only western country not to have published those cartoons?

And I bet you lot think these things are unrelated...

**eternalnomad** · 9 February 2006, 10:58

Originally posted by threaded

Obligatory Simpson quote: "Ha ha"

Is it true that the UK is now the only western country not to have published those cartoons?

And I bet you lot think these things are unrelated...

A magazine was going to publish one of the cartoons (the one with the cartoonist drawing a picture of m......d) but as the police told the editor they could not guarantee his safety then the cartoons will not appear.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...urce=PA%20Feed

Ironically the magazine was originally set up in 1822 to challenge restrictions on free speech !

Although no cartoons have been published in the UK there have been some very good articles in the evening standard warning of the dangers of ignoring the risk of the rise of Islamic fundamentalist.

How do you think the cartoons and the cancellation of council elections are related (unless we will all be too busy watching the "fireworks" in Iran to be bothered with local politics) ?

**threaded** · 9 February 2006, 11:12

but as the police told the editor they could not guarantee his safety

If that is not a threat to shut someone up then I don't know what one is.

And you really can't see a relationship?

**eternalnomad** · 9 February 2006, 11:21

Originally posted by threaded

If that is not a threat to shut someone up then I don't know what one is.

And you really can't see a relationship?

Not between that editors safety/cartoon issue and cancellation of council election in May 2007.

Am I being very dim here ? (it wouldnt be the first time

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Council polls could be scrapped