I never understood the original brouhaha over the danish cartoons, but then again I have never understood both the Muslim intolerance to them, nor the liberal hypocrisy surrounding them.  Liberals, it seems, will defend the Muslims, and portray these cartoons as racist and intolerant, yet they will offer no such outrage when Christians are likewise targeted.  I admit I find that irritating, but not unexpected.

One reason is that Christians generally have a sense of humour and don’t express the same level of outrage.  Catholics rarely take to the streets, swords in hand, and demand death to the infidels.  Might be part of the reason.

The cartoons that were at the center were a mixed bag of boring to biting.  Some I thought were pointless, but others were wickedly on target, showcasing the reality of radical Islam, not the peaceful Islam so many others practice. 

When the original outrage surfaced, I did not take a position.  I felt that no newspaper had an obligation to print anything, even if their decision to do or not to do so was hypocritical.

Private enterprise.  The freedom of the press includes the freedom of the editor to not print.  And if enough readers object, the media’s circulation (or ratings) will reflect that, and they will either fold, or rethink such policies.  The free market works.

When many bloggers took to the web posting the cartoons by publishing them ad naseum, I chose not to because I felt I had no dog in the fight.

Now, 2 years later, a group of Islamic extremists have been indicted of plotting to kill one of the cartoonists in Denmark.  What utter stupidity.

And quite frankly, this is a tired old story that I am frankly sick of.  Muslims threatening to kill a teacher for naming a teddy bear after Muhammad?  Seriously?  Taking to the streets and rioting for a teddy bear?  And that is one minor example of a pattern of stupidity that I am wholeheartedly sick of.