On 04/02/2008, Ben Yates ben.louis.yates@gmail.com wrote:
I think we have to take at face value a lot of the plaintive comments in the petition -- "we are people too", etc. Whoever *started* the petition was probably trying to rouse a crowd, but the *signatories* seem mostly to think that the depiction of mohammad is a deliberate insult aimed at them.
If they're going to be that irrational, why should we pander to them?
Appeasement is never good, it almost invariably leads to further demands.