Peter RogersWhat's With The Danish & Cartoons?
February 15th 2008 09:04
February 15, 2008.
The historically peaceful nation of Denmark is experiencing a rare case of social upheaval.
Six youths have been arrested in Copenhagen following a fifth night of riots in the Danish capital. But get this - the Chief Inspector of the Copenhagen police, Henrik Olesen, doesn't know what the youths are fighting against.
"We don't know why they're rioting. I think it's because they're bored," he said.
But if one thinks hard enough, they might remember that only two years ago in the same country, a starkly controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed featured in a Danish newspaper, that sparked several months of angry protests in the Muslim world.
Well, 17 newspapers re-printed the exact cartoon on Wednesday. Why? God only knows. Perhaps the police force are a little naïve to think the rioting isn’t in any way related.
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