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On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:10:25 -0500, Dave Smith wrote:

> Three cheers for Denmark. They did nothing wrong. The people
> have no control over the newspaper than published the
> offensive cartoons, and no one but a whacked Muslim would
> even take offence. The crime of the Danish government was to
> refuse to intervene because it is a matter of freedom of
> speech. As a result, the Muslims are revolting ....again,
> and calling for a boycott of Danish products.


The Danish caricature depicted Mohamed (not just "any muslim") as a
terrorist and that's what made them so mad. In any case, I think they
are being hypocritical because they put caricatures of Jews and
Christians in their newspspers daily.
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