A kinder, gentler film

Here for the time being is the revised version of Geert Wilders’ FITNA, which at least has the merit of being kinder and less offensive to Kurt Westergaard, the Danish cartoonist who threatened to sue for copyright infringement over Wilders’ use of the infamous Mo-bomb cartoon in the original film.

Westergaard in his announcement made some lame statement that his cartoon was aimed at Islamic terrorists and not at Islam itself, and so I just have to wonder if this blinkered woodentop actually watched the movie or just had a hissy fit when he saw his drawing–used by everyone, everywhere online–in the movie’s opening sequence.

If even the Danish cartoonists don’t get it, the film’s impact on popular awareness about the Islamic threat will be insignificant and inconsequential indeed.

I say the movie is here “for the time being” because this go around I’m linking to LiveLeak. Yes, they’re back to showing the movie (in its revised format) but we all know how long they hung in there last week!

Apparently, removal of the Mo-bomb cartoon and Wilders’ other minor edits somehow mitigate against the odds for further death threats against their employees.

Go figure.

Or maybe LiveLeak just had to get in on the action.