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When I first heard this story the first thing I wanted to do is see those cartoons to see what was causing all the commotion. It didn't take too long to find them on the web (in fact I first saw them on these forums) but the first place I looked was the main media outlets and found nothing.
It is not like these cartoons are not newsworthy since many people were/are probably just as curious as I was. The decision to not publish them seems to be made out of some sense of intimidation and that is just sad, especially when some editor's jobs seem to be in jeopardy when they do.
Just because some religious fanatics get upset over some cartoons is no reason to censure them. Instead it is a good reason to publish them so readers can see just what little it takes to cause some people to riot. I can't imagine being an editor and telling my people that we cannot publish the pictures responsible for the biggest news story of the day.
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