Originally Posted by Paul

So should publishing blatantly inflammatory (and in some views insulting) caricatures be allowed under the guise of freedom of speech?
Publishing the cartoons once could be seen as an error of judgement but re-publishing them was just stupid in my view. No religion should be treated an better or worse than others but then again people shouldn't set out to purposefully insult a religious group who have already proven themselves fully prepared to show their displeasure in a very public way.
Tolerance works both ways in religion but for a long time now religion has been one of the major reasons for conflict and war You would think that after several thousand years the people of this planet would have learned to live together without looking for a reason to argue or fight.