The Islamist Chilling of Free Speech -- Molly Norris is missing

[alfreda89]

http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-09-15/news/on-the-advice-of-the-fbi-cartoonist-molly-norris-disappears-from-view/

Think about it a moment. You are an artist or a writer -- and the FBI tells you that you must, for your own safety, disappear. By definition, this means either never creating again, or trying very, very hard to disguise your work as the exact opposite of what you did before.

And she has to fund this herself.

Comments

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

Actually it's 'Her editor said she said the FBI said.'

The only fact is that her column is missing. And if she's in trouble, it's because of a previous publicity stunt.

Yes --

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

-- and if this is a publicity stunt, it will backfire.

But no one should lose their life in a society with a free press for what they print or draw. As long as it passes obscenity filters, anything goes.

It's the joy and burden of a free press.