First off this is my very 1st post on this particular section of the forum: If this is all about freedom of speech..... So let it be.... But also be considerate of those who do not have freedom of speech in their countries.... Most of the protest killings and etc are coming from countries where people do not have the freedom of speech. In fact the only Muslim democratic country on the face of the earth is Turkey and yes there were protests there but no killings..... So the bottom line is if one is to publish comments or comics you need to keep your audience in mind.... In this case I don't think anyone is questioning the freedom of speech but more like the image that the paper is trying to portrait. A little history lesson: In WW II there were a lot of German publications brain washing the public to hate the jews, if you read everyday on the paper negative things about a certain group of people you will have a bias, after Sep 11th we had a similar thing in the US about the "war against terror" w/ the idiotic yellow, orange terror alerts among w/ all sorts of messed up publications all over the place..... Most people rear stuff like this and believe every word of it.... Regardless of what the story is, media controls the opinion of the public and possibly brain wash bunch of people.... That goes beyond "freedom of speech" If you piss off bunch of people get ready to deal w/ consequences.... But their response (offended people in this case) should not be in terms of killing others....