First, in this nation it is still a God given right, whether that God be Allah or the Christian God to have the ability to speak or convey ideas freely, no matter who disagrees and no matter the position. In fact the first amendment was written with this type of behavior in mind, one can say what they will and others can ignore it, voice a different opinion or agree but they cannot under any circumstance infringe on the rights of others. Since killing those who would speak out of disagreement deprives them of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, killing out of disagreement is not acceptable behavior. So clearly those who would use violence to stop others, even those they disagree with are wrong and therefore those men who brought violence to that cartoon drawing contest of Mohammed were clearly wrong.
Although making drawings that clearly disrespect a religion is certainly bad taste it is not against the law and it is not a reason to kill, for most people this should be true around the world but in this country it not only is true it is the law of the land. Having bad taste, voicing an unpopular opinion or even agreeing with those who disagree with the majority is our first stated right and although it is true that others may voice an opposing opinion that is as far as it should ever go.
People in the media at the moment are debating that these people were disrespecting Islam and brought on this brutality themselves; in this country it is impossible. This is akin to blaming a rape victim for being raped, complete idiocy on the face of it.
This incredible misrepresentation furthers the idea that the media has certainly lost its way, in fact the idea of reporting the truth is now a distant memory as the media look for political statements but rarely find the truth necessary to push their ratings. In fact the Media should be centered on the truth and yet we the American people search for the truth in the kernels of information left us by a cynical media that believe we need to be led, instead of reporting the information. For all the Media please take note, we do not want nor need your leadership, please just offer the truth and you might find your viewership return.