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French Satire Magazine Runs Mohammed Cartoons

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Decatur Deb9/19/2012 2:26:21 pm PDT

re: #182 Patricia Kayden

Muslim extremists cannot hold hostage the free speech rights of those in democratic countries. Sorry. There’s no reason why their religious beliefs cannot be insulted/mocked/offended. Their rioting and killing (and threats of violence) shouldn’t be used to stifle freedom of speech. And I understand completely that not all Muslims support the overreaction that we saw in Libya, Egypt and other Islamic countries in the last couple of weeks.

Yes there is. It’s called good manners. Good manners are not an accident, they are the lubricant that keeps us from offing each other at provocation.

May they be published? Yes.
Should they be published? No.