Dave Smith wrote:
> .... and no one but a whacked Muslim would
> even take offence.

Muslims believe it is wrong (the equivalent of blasphemy for
Christians) to produce and display images of Muhammed. These were not
only images, they were insulting cartoons of the person they believe
stands closest to their God. It is expected, normal behavior for
Muslims to take offence.

Didn't the televangelists take offence at the (already cancelled) tv
show that portrayed Jesus looking like a long-haired hippie?

I think believers in all three of the monotheisms that came out of the
desert are wrong, but it has been obvious for centuries that when you
insult believers they get angry.

> We owe it to our Danish friends and to ourselves to run a
> counter boycott.

Oh nonsense. I don't owe the Danes shit. I might sympathize with the
innocent getting caught up in generalized protest, but what else is
new? I have more sympathy for the tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians
that have been killed in the past few years.

> Maybe the Moslems will stop these silly
> protests if they backfire on them.

More nonsense. People who believe their religion is under attack are
going to change their thinking because you buy more Havarti? What
planet are you living on? -aem