Letter to The
Washington Times on Borders/Free Inquiry Controversy
Published Sat.
Borders
bookstores apparently will not carry the next issue of Free Inquiry because the magazine reproduces (apparently
legally) four of the "blasphemous" Danish cartoons that apparently
caused such uprisings in the Muslim world ("Sharia at Borders,"
Editorial, Friday).
The content apparently is objectively acceptable by
mainstream publishing standards, so this looks like a case of a major corporate
retailer and content distributor giving into hecklers.
This sets a dangerous example for everyone else. One
cannot give in to implicit threats of violence and remain free and worthy of
self-respect.
BILL BOUSHKA
Arlington