Just days ago, I posted a story on the assault of Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks as he attempted to give a talk on free speech at Uppsala University. Now his house has been attacked by arsonists. Fortunately, he was not at home.
Last night attackers tried to burn Muhammad cartoonist's house down
COPENHAGEN May 15 2010
By Uwe Max Jensen, Sappho.dk During the night of May 15 unknown perpetrators smashed a window in Lars Vilks' house in Scania, Sweden, poured gasoline into the bouilding and proceeded to set fire to it.
By coincidence the artist spent the night with his girlfriend and escaped with his life.
After being alerted by the Swedish police, Vilks has returned to his house, where Sappho.dk contacted him at noon today.
"The place is swarming with police and I can talk no further right now," Vilks told Sappho's reporter. In the background one can hear policemen talking to each other.
Sappho is following the case and will soon have a man on the spot in Scania.
Lars Vilks' blog is up and running again after being hacked following Islamicist attacks on him at Uppsala University last Tuesday.
In a comment to this latest attempt on Vilks' life, the President of the Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard expresses his astonishment.
"How was possible for these murderers to gain access to Vilks' house only a few days after a mob assaulted him at Uppsala University? What are the Swedish police and political class up to? As far as I know not a single Swedish politician has had a word to say about the attack in Uppsala. Is the truth that Swedish power-holders prefer to see Vilks killed in order to send a message to other critics of the Swedish multicultural idyll?"
“Now is the time to demonstrate practical solidarity. We can all do that by purchasing the drawing his would-be murderers are so angry about," says Lars Hedegaard.
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Fousesquawk comment: While I am personally uncomfortable about Mohammed cartoons, I feel it is incumbent to show my support for Vilks by linking his blog to mine. We must all support Vilks.
When you hold a snake to your bosom, you shouldn't be upset if it bites you.
ReplyDeleteI would not show solidarity by purchasing the cartoon. Such cartoons, as far as I can tell from the coverage, are childish and might even merit verbal criticism just short of a punch in the nose. I don't support them.
ReplyDeleteArresting, imprisoning and/or deporting anyone involved in physical intimidation, assault, or arson, is very much in order. As with my opinion on "hate crimes" in the U.S., don't credit them with special motives, just treat it as a crime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IHnWY-i6Y&
ReplyDeleteFull video of the incident. Beware that it is not G rated.
One guys said, "If they stopped the video this could not have happenned?"
WTF?
Why were the people in the audience if they were going to be so offended that they had to beat up one someone after watching maybe a minute of it? They pay their taxes so when they want a film stopped, the filmmaker has to do it because their God is not gay, damn it.
Its okay to beat on a filmmaker, call cops pigs and the filmmaker a cunt. But only they can tell others what is okay and what isn't?