What were we thinking?
Publisher Ezra Levant tells the inside story of why the Western Standard decided to publish the controversial cartoons--and the amazing things that happened after we did
Ezra Levant - March 13, 2006
Darrell Reid
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Huzzah for having the balls to publish those tepid little drawings, alone among Canadian publications. They may be cartoons, but they have nothing on the cartoons that pass for mainstream Canadian media.
Arnie Keller
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I have today purchased a subscription to your magazine. It's good to see that someone in the media in this country recognizes the danger in knuckling under to the mob. It is discouraging to see how quickly the rest of the print media is prepared to compromise the concept of free speech. Everyone I have spoken to about this issue agrees with your position. You have more support than you may think.
Gordon Wilson
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I support you and your magazine. I have recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan where my platoon suffered eight casualties, five of whom remain suffering to varying degrees. All Muslims I know here and abroad are very good people. Some are the best I know. The ignorance and intolerance of a few Islamic leaders are provoking the reaction to the cartoons. Simple drawings have provided extremists a fire to fan. I have first-hand experience of their so-called "Holy War" and it is about the same old things--power and money.
Mike Gauley
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You are an embarrassment to Albertans, Canadians and indeed, all socially conscious people the world over! I sincerely hope you are sued for causing hate and possibly violent acts by offended citizens. If you worked in any government office in this province or country and produced such offensive pictures you would be investigated to their fullest and dismissed, which is what should happen!
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