[ARealMothersSonForever]

For us, freedom of expression is at the core of our democracy and it is something that we have shed blood and treasure around the world to defend and we will continue to do so.

Thank you, FreeReign. This snippet is missing from the quote at the top of this thread. I am certain that it was just a minor oversight from the media.

Cap, this does put this into to proper perspective for me. I apologize for my rant at you.

[Cap Huff]

No need to apologize. We're all just trying to work through this thing. We're all emotional about it, and rightly so. This is right at the faultline in a life or death struggle of civilizations. Wretchard at Belmont has some thought provoking perspectives about where we are at in this situation:

http://www.fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/

He's timing out on me right now, but look at his entry on William Manchester. It is awesome, and unsettling.