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Steve, you were right when you stated: "Everyone needs to learn to deal with differing views and ideas (even if they are incorrect and hurtful)." The only problem is: Everyone doesn't want to learn to deal with incorrect and hurtful statements. If, the press in the U.S., showed a negative or derogatory photo of Martin Luther King over national news, you would probably see a riot or two take place. Now, why would the press want to emotionally harm a race of people by showing derogatory photos of a person whom they highly respected? Is the freedom of the press 100% guaranteed? Does the press have a right to incite a group of citizens into a frenzy of riots because of free speech? Therefore, when the press puts out cartoons of Muhammad in a derogatory manner, it knows it will incite anger, riots, and murders by extremist Muslims. In doing so, the press is guilty of inciting riots and murders. Why would the press want to harm the Muslims via derogatory cartoons? The cartoons aren't funny to the Muslims. P.S. Steve, I agree with you because I am not offended by the cartoons but I do get offended when the press make false and inaccurate statements that the Texas Longhorns are a better team the Oklahoma Sooners. Just like with the Muslims, those are fighting words and are very derogatory to the Okies. Why? Because we respect the OU Sooners!