We must not appease them

Submitted by David NYC (United States), Feb 11, 2006 at 16:24

The incredible events of the past week vis a vis the cartoons emphasize one point above all:

We must not chill the free press in its expression even though distasteful cartoons can cause riots and threats. For if we do we slide down a slippery slope where at its bottom, World War III can be started because someone's child passed gas across the street from a mosque.

-David-

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