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Originally Posted by homealone
I don't think anyone denies the cartoons were offensive, and your point about re-publishing them, is moot. Perhaps we (as in non Muslims) don't understand the depth of feeling the images invoke, but neither can we condone a reaction calling for deaths, because of them.
The banner saying 'Europe Your 9/11 will come' was a particular example - can you understand how we don't find that to be an appropriate response to something, while admittedly offensive, was intended to be humour? Thousands of deaths because of a few pictures, sorry, that is not right and human life should not be held so cheap.
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I donot agree with the reactions being witnessed at all. Additionally with the Salman Rushdie episode burning the books and the British flag was not an action which was agreeable to the majority of the muslims in the UK. Unfortunately there will always be a minority of idiots that take matters to an extreme beyond comprehension (eg london bombings), but thats not representative of teh whole muslim faith. The sad think is that people actually belive or want to believe that it is, and people who know better promote the same view about Islam.