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To: ig who wrote (238615)2/13/2008 10:21:32 PM
From: skinowski  Respond to of 793974
 
Danish Papers Reprint Muhammad Cartoon

I've met many Danes, and they are generally very accommodating and nice people. One of my close buddies is a native of Copenhagen. But I've learned that deep down - and not even all that "deep" - they are the same hard-arsed Vikings as they were a 1000 years ago. This story doesn't really surprise me.... :)

"Every time they say: 'We have the right to offend,' and then they tell you don't have the right to be offended," said Ihtisham Hibatullah, the group's spokesman

This man is missing the point. It is possible to feel offended without turning violent. Those two concepts do not have to mean the same thing.