Well, if it threatens to spark off riots and introduce the possibiilty of a terror attack by some extremist nutters, isn't it better to just not print something like this.

In Scotland, if you burn an american flag with the words FUCK BUSH on it you can get arrested, not much free speech there.

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I was there when it happened, and I was one of the many who marched down to the police station and held a protest outside it that night.

I'm just saying out of respect for the majority of muslims who are peaceful, I don't think it is right to print a cartoon which effectively brands anyone who worships mohammed as an extremist who wants to blow up the west. Free speech or not, it's very disrespectful.
McLeodGanja Reviewed by McLeodGanja on . Danish Mohammed cartoon reprinted What the fuck are they thinking. Is it really so difficult to just not publish cartoons like this, regardless of wether the extremists were out of line sending death threats, or whether you think the muslims are perhaps overreacting to it, portraying a religious figure as a terrorist is very disrespectful, in my opinion. BBC NEWS | Europe | Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted Rating: 5