While we have a right to print cartoons or anything else that various religions may find offensive, at one time in this country, editors censored themselves from doing so. To deliberately offend another's religion was considered indecent. No longer.
The answer is not that we should continue to offend all religions, editors should return to the practice of self-censorship and not offend any.
As far an I am concerned, the Danes played right into the hands of militant Muslims giving them something with which to stir up the entire Muslim world.
That Muslims threaten to kill people over this is a second issue. Their response as I have said previously is way, way over the top and is an outrage. Frankly, after 9/11, we should have ended immigration from the 26 Muslim countries, and returned all Muslims who were not U.S. citizens back to their nation of origin.