Jan 10, 2010

The dangerous life of a 75 year old cartoonist

In case you did not hear, the Danish cartoonist who (might have) drawn the prophet Muhammad in 2005 was attacked in his home on New Years Day by a man with an axe. Fortunately the police arrived before the man could break into the bathroom ala Jack in The Shining, and Mr. Westergaard (the cartoonist) is now under the protection of the Danish Secret Service.

NPR's Weekend Edition today broadcast a 5 minute interview with the surprisingly unfazed cartoonist.

This is baffling on so many levels. For example, why target this one particular image instead of the 2,020,000 Google image results?