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Originally Posted by stevie667
Thinking about it further, if someone had just written a letter, then the Danes would have probably said oops, our mistake, we'll be nicer next time. The muslim world pushed the west with violence, and the west pushed back by publishing more cartoons.
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This whole thing started in the beginning of January, with letters and meetings. Denmark's response was basically that they'll do what they want. Then it slowly escalated to what it is today, when the US media decided to start covering it.
Actually, it all started in September of 2005 when the Danish paper first published them and was reignited when a Norwegian magazine decided to reprint them in January 2006 because not enough people had complained about them yet.