Pakistan blocks Facebook for "Draw Mohammed Day"; Cartoonist who started it joins opposing page

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/


Pakistan blocks Facebook in response to 'Everybody Draw Muhammad Day' pages
By Michael Cavna | May 19, 2010; 10:01 AM ET
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A Pakistani court has ordered authorities to temporarily block the social-networking service over the Facebook-ignited campaign "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day," according to Agence France Presse.

The campaign encouraging people to caricature Muhammad is scheduled for May 20. The primary Facebook page that arose in recent weeks to promote "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" now has more than 40,000 "fans." The page's status updates, however, have been a frequent stream of vitriol -- a hate-laced war of words and images.

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Molly Norris is the Seattle cartoonist who last month created the posterlike illustration "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" to support what she termed the censorship of the creators of the Comedy Central animated show "South Park." ....

Within days of drawing her illustration, Norris told Comic Riffs that she was distancing herself from the viral campaign that had risen around it......Norris continued: "I joined 'Against Everybody Draw Mohammed Day' ...." The primary "AGAINST 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day' " page on Facebook now has nearly 60,000 supporters...

"If I had wanted my one-off cartoon to be the basis for a worldwide movement to draw Mohammed, then at this moment I should be thrilled," Norris tells Comic Riffs today. "But instead I am horrified! My one-off cartoon that was specifically about Comedy Central's behaviour vs. Revolution Muslim's threat leading to a slippery slope of censorship in America is not good for a long-term plan.

"The results have shown to be vitriolic and worse, offensive to Muslims who had nothing to do with the censorship issue I was inspired to draw about in the first place."


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Too bad nobody drew Mohammed preaching peace or respect for women or education for girls.




Other links at the URL:

MOLLY NORRIS: Apologetic Seattle cartoonist urges "Everybody Draw Al Gore Day" instead.

MOLLY NORRIS: Post-'South Park': Cartoonist retreats from 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!

JON STEWART: 'Daily Show' satirizes own network's censorship of 'South Park' Muhammad episode

'SOUTH PARK': Is pro-jihad website threatening cartoonists over Muhammad satire?

LARS VILKS: Swedish 'Muhammad' artist goes into hiding after attack; arrests made

LARS VILKS: 'Muhammad cartoonist' undaunted after new attack

PULITZER PETITION: 17 Pulitzer-winning cartoonists 'condemn threat' against 'South Park' creators

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1. I'm not a fan of FaceBook...

but now I'll probably sign-up just so I can submit my own drawings.

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2. Onoes! 40K fans on a site with more than 400 million users! (nt)

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3. The link doesn't work for me. It's a dead-end.

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4. i think it's fixed now. nt