Borders and Waldenbooks Choose Security Over Freedom
From the AP:
Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.
As Borders Group Inc. spokeswoman Beth Bingham put it:
For us, the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we believe that carrying this issue could challenge that priority.
Hard to argue with that reasoning. But it's still troubling, isn't it?
And would these book chains have made the same decision if the publication were a top-seller (say, US Weekly?) rather than Free Inquiry?
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posted by Scott Baradell at
6:06 AM
1 Comments:
Interesting. They actually are admitting to an "ad baculum" philosophy: might makes right.
It's not a volume of protesters they fear. It's the threat of violence.
It makes me want to buy a danish.
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Ike, at 3/30/2006
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