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Indigo has pulled an issue of Harper’s containing a 10-page article reprinting the infamous Mohammed cartoons, as well as work by Art Spiegelman and two Israeli artists inspired by that cuckoo Iranian call for Holocaust cartoons to “test the limits of Western tolerance of free speech”.
In a memo obtained by The Globe and Mail that was e-mailed to Indigo managers yesterday about “what to do if customers question Indigo’s censorship” of Harper’s, employees are told to say that “the decision was made based on the fact that the content about to be published has been known to ignite demonstrations around the world. Indigo [and its subsidiaries] Chapters and Coles will not carry this particular issue of the magazine but will continue to carry other issues of this publication in the future.”
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Harper’s publisher John MacArthur said he was “genuinely shocked” by Indigo’s action, in part because two large U.S. chains, Borders and Waldenbooks, are selling the issue.
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“I’d expect an American company to do this, not a Canadian,” Mr. MacArthur said yesterday. “Even though you have tougher libel laws than us and your own versions of political correctness, to my mind [Canada] has always been a freer place for political discourse.”
Not any more Johnny-boy. As per usual, we inherit your political climate about 5 years later. There suddenly are stetsons with fat, old, politically-connected CEOs under them everywhere.
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May 29th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Actually, weren’t Heather and Gerry politically connected to both previous Liberal PM’s?
Not to excuse Harper, (ever) but so far Crapters are the lone nuts, here.
May 29th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Are we serious here? I thought Ben Metcalf’s Notebook “On Simple Human Decency,” spoke to this issue with shocking clarity. Where do you draw the line, Indigo?
May 30th, 2006 at 10:24 am
The most disturbing part of all of this is that Speigelman’s article is actually very insightful, witty, and humane. He’s trying to determine what makes for an “offensive” cartoon, and gives numerous examples that he then grades according to a (admittedly unscientific but nevertheless thoughtful) criteria. He’s just as tough on some stupidly hateful anti-Islamic cartoons as he is on some bile coming from the Arab world. But obviously he needs to show us the cartoons in order to discuss them, doesn’t he? The knee-jerk pull of the issue is sadly blind to the real engagement of the piece, but the resulting publicity should go a long way towards boosting its readership in Canada.
May 30th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
There’s an interview with Art Spiegelman on CBC Radio (archived here as part 2: http://www.cbc.ca/aih/latestshow.html). It was supposed to be followed by a talk with Heather Reisman (Indigo CEO) but she couldn’t be reached.