[Osem]

I don't think these nutters are really offended by cartoons, I think they're offended by the west and values they don't happen to agree with in general. They do however need a rallying cry - something which will resonate with Muslims in general and something the can use to 'justify' their actions with. If we stop publishing cartoons of their prophet they're not going to give up the fight and resume normal life happily with the rest of us, they'll simply focus on the next thing on the list that they decided grievously 'offends' them and justifies mass murder. That's how different they are from most of us.

As I've said many times before, anyone who doesn't believe in their ideals is a target and being a different type of Muslim is no protection as that poor French police officer found out. Kow-towing to their demands isn't going to solve the problem, it'll simply result in ever more extreme demands, ever more pressure to change our values and way of life in order that they may not be so 'offended' - give an inch they'll take a mile...