Jesus fucking Christ, what is wrong with these people?

Let me rephrase that.

Prophet fucking Mohammed, what is wrong with these people? In the Western world, we have a little thing called freedom of expression (or at least we're supposed to...sometimes it doesn't work the way it should). Simply put: everybody gets to say whatever the hell they want, so long as they don't threaten violence against other people. What is up with all the violence in response to a cartoon insinuating that Islam is a violent religion? Do they have no sense of irony?

The answer is that no, they don't. Most of these people live in societies where any criticism of their religion is about as taboo as having sex with your grandfather in public. If its followers' actions are anything to go by, it's clear that Islam is not a peaceful religion. We shouldn't be too surprised. It was a religion founded by a fierce warrior who conquered the entire Arabian Peninsula by the sword. And I see no reason why we should not openly mock it for that. It is in my opinion no worse than mocking Nazism or Stalinism for their violent natures.