Salam, like a couple of others here at OLO I am surprised you call yourself a journalist. You say some editors crossed the Rubicon for purely nefarious reasons yet you supply no facts to back up that statement. Bad journalism. And I am sceptical about cartoons published in September being found to be offensive the following February.

It is interesting that ME muslim eleutheromaniacs who flee to the West find freedom offensive. However that freedom is to be embraced when it's working for you. Auburn muslim school girl Yasamin Alttahir wanted the freedom to shun the Auburn Girls High School uniform and wear the mantoo. Her campaign for 'freedom' ended in the state library where she found the necessary legal rules to validate her stand.

So you see Salam, we have a plethora of freedoms. Some are good and some are objectionable. But these freedoms form the bedrock of our democracy and rather than restrict them we should embrace them.

Stalin asked Kaganovich: "Why do you look so gloomy when we laugh at jokes about the Jews, whereas Mikoyan doubles up with mirth when he hears jokes about Armenians?" Kaganovich said that he replied: "You are well aware of national feelings, Comrade Stalin. The Jews have been thrashed so may times that they have become like a sensitive plant, they clench themselves when they are touched." Stalin said: "What a good comparison!" Today's Muslims are, perhaps, yesterday's Jews! (See my forthcoming book, "Dictatorial CEOs and their lieutenants: the cases of Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Ataturk and Mao.") And click onto: http://www.jeffschubert.com

greengrin,

In the middle east anti-semetic cartoons are published everyday.

Click on the link and compare the anti-semetic and anti-christian cartoons published in Middle Eastern newspapers EVERYDAY to the ones published in a ONE OFF in the Danish paper and see the CONTRAST.

http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/ArabCartoons.htm

If Muslims want an end to cartoons published in newspapers which are offensive - then they should STOP THAT PRACTICE THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY HORDE AND TORCH EMBASSIES!!

The Tom Gross web site and its cartoons from Middle East papers shows just what unmitigated hypocrites we have to contend with. All this because of a cartoon about a serial murderer, thug and pedophile. And thats from their own records.

Salam is again reminding the wider community just why the muslim community is viewed so negatively.

She attacks a cartoon that portrays a belief that so many muslims themselves have portrayed. She should attack the Bin Ladens and co. for giving everyone the wrong idea about their prophet, who they say commands them to fight and kill the infidel.

As well as this, the muslim community leaders in all Western nations seem to support this, such as the main mufti in Australia, Sheik Hilaly, who told the throat slitters who held Douglas Wood in Iraq that he and all Australian muslims agree with their jihad, he told a Lebanese gathering in Lebanon that "911 was Gods work".

The terrorism summit held some months back with Islamic leaders and the government contained the most moderate people John Howard could find, and none of them would actually condemn Bin Laden.

Even the Victorian Islamic council promotes and sells books that denounce democracy as "evil" and call for sharia law.
She speaks of "facts", well these are the facts.

These cartoons depict an acurate image of Islams prophet, and only stupidity or racism can lead ones mind to another conclusion.

Salam, you are ill and a racist bigot.

Despicable,offensive and unaccepatable, is the plight of the majority of Mohammed's followers.