Thursday, 13 August 2009

In Passing

Yale University = wuss central


The New York Times:
Yale University and Yale University Press consulted two dozen authorities, including diplomats and experts on Islam and counterterrorism, and the recommendation was unanimous:  The book, “The Cartoons That Shook the World,” should not include the 12 Danish drawings that originally appeared in September 2005.  What’s more, they suggested Meowthat the Yale press also refrain from publishing any other illustrations of the prophet that were to be included, specifically, a drawing for a children’s book; an Ottoman print; and a sketch by the 19th-century artist Gustave Doré of Muhammad being tormented in Hell, an episode from Dante’s “Inferno” that has been depicted by Botticelli, Blake, Rodin and Dalí…

John Donatich, the director of Yale University Press chief wuss, said by telephone that the decision was difficult, but the recommendation to withdraw the images, including the historical ones of Muhammad, was “overwhelming and unanimous.”  The cartoons are freely available on the Internet and can be accurately described in words, Mr. Donatich said, so reprinting them could be interpreted easily as gratuitous.
I can’t imagine any “respectable academic institution” seeking similar prior-to-publication “diplomatic and expert” input on a book about, oh... say... satirical depictions of Jesus Christ.  Let alone paying attention to it.  But then I’m no policially-correct liberal academic, so what do I know?

Disgraceful.  Yale should change its school color to yellow. And its mascot from the bulldog to the pussycat.


Elsewhere (added 18:38, updated 090814 17:25):
Roger Kimball:  “This is contemporary academia, after all.” (via IP)
Reason’s Hit and Run:  Yale’s Preemptive Surrender, where “Tulpa” wins the internet:
You guys are misinterpreting him [Donatich], this isn't cowardice.  He was saying that if they published the cartoons, and some crazy group threatened him for it, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from ripping off his cardigan, grabbing a bunch of his Ivy League pals and a truckload of machine guns and ammo, painting themselves in camo, and going on a mission to find the threateners and kill them and their families in as slow a manner as possible.

Related:  Gateway Pundit notes that the Times report linked above (again) fails to tell the whole truth about the cartoon controversy.

Via:  Hot Air

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