Free speech in Europe: mixed rules | csmonitor.com
The general response from European politicians has been to frown on those who reproduced images first aired last fall in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten newspaper, while insisting that editors were within their legal rights to do so. Governments have refrained from apologizing to the Islamic community because they say publication is a matter for editors, not politicians. Muslim opinion, however, has not been appeased by this response."Muslims are complaining that they are not protected by the law as the other faiths are supposed to be," says Mr. Roy.
The whole episode reinforces my general suspicions of politicians, Europeans, the religious, and cartoonists. None of them can take a joke.
