[son of caesar]

ok, the editor of the jordanian paper has to have a death wish. at this point, no amt of apologies is going to matter, the die has been cast. incredibly interesting that no american paper has published the cartoons. i wonder a govt advisory has gone out or would it just be plain common sense?

[AD from SpringBay]

...incredibly interesting that no american paper has published the cartoons. i wonder a govt advisory has gone out or would it just be plain common sense?

Or the third option - showing the cartoons in an American paper might mean the American media would then be under pressure to explain why those cartoons are evil - and the American people would understand immediately the threat to freedom of expression and this would upset the 'insurgent'/'freedom fighter'/'they really just want to be left alone' image that has so carefullly been crafted. More people would appreciate the fact that these are terrorists that have put a new wrapper on the same old 'we are the master race' wickedness.