Originally Posted by Trollheart

It does shift part of the blame towards them, at least the three cartoonists. It's meant to. I'm not saying they wanted to die, but they must have known the risks. Why not draw pictures of drunk Irishmen or Messi or Hitler or something? If you poke the hornets' nest, given that there is a sign warning you not to, don't be surprised if you get stung.

I jsut personally think the emphasis is too much on what happened and not why. Nobody, and I mean nobody, has said that they at least partially brought this upon themselves. It's not even being considered. Chula's analogy is very apt: why would you do that, knowing what you know? There are other ways to express yourself that don't involve insulting the religion of a people who have a section of their population/adherents mentally tilted towards bloody retribution. We're back to the lion's head again.

And still nothing about the police killed. People are adept here at ignoring certain parts of posts and focussing on others...