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"As it turns out, no, you cannot draw depictions of Muhammad in Madison."

"At least, not without having them immediately changed to pictures of Muhammad Ali, and not without having them censored the next day. Let's imagine an alternate universe. Let's say the drawings were never tampered with, but instead were met with nothing more than shrugged shoulders and public admonishment for our childish behavior. In this scenario the egg would be on our faces. Instead, suffice it to say that our point has been proven. The right to criticize religion and perform blasphemous acts needs to be defended more than ever."

Say the UW-Madison Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics. Via Jack Craver)

(Here's my position on the Mohammad-drawing protest.)

Full post as published by Althouse on May 07, 2010 (boomark / email).