In an astounding cave-in of epic proportions to Islamic threats, the body that set itself up as a paragon of anti-censorship has censored itself in order to not provoke Islamic loonies to kill any of it’s members.

You’ve heard of the Danish Cartoon debacle?
You’ve heard of the Book of the Danish Cartoon debacle?
You’ve heard of the Index on Censorship’s criticism of the Book of the Danish Cartoon debacle?

Now comes the blockbuster:
The Index on Censorship’s criticism of the Book of the Danish Cartoon debacle banning of the Index on Censorship’s publishing of the cartoons!

Yes folks, you heard it correctly: The Index on Censorship is refusing to publish these benign sketches!

Ken Malik puts it rather more soberly than I. Over to you, Kenneth.

Ophelia Benson has this to say on the matter.

And This.

And this is from Index on Censorship, interviewing the Author.

And The New Humanists take on this unholy row.

As well as The Spitoon’s take.

Honestly, every blogger with a milligram of self-esteem has blogged on this vile and thoroughly dishonest cave-in by an organization that was established to do the EXACT OPPOSITE of what they have just done.

Pack it in, eh? Disband. Give up. Go Home.
You are like those hippies who have ‘invested in major retail property so that we can make a difference, man”

You’ve sold out to the devil. You are now officially evil.