I concur with what our GUEST says, provided that he means that it should apply evenly across the board.

My reason for saying that is that would appear to be one facet of this affair that our GUEST seems to have forgotten. That was that the much repected and revered Imam Laban tried like hell to rabble rouse with this story in Denmark for about two and a half months and got nowhere with it. He then took the cartoons that had been published and added more that had NEVER been published then went to peddle his lies and distortions round the Muslim World that Guest keeps referring to.

OK GUEST what should be done about Laban?

Should he be responsible for his words and deeds as you suggest in your post of 25 Mar 06 - 01:58 AM?

You put it very well in your post of 26 Mar 06 - 02:21 PM, because Laban was perfectly aware of the reaction that his words and deeds would create. And exactly according to his plan those cartoons, the ones he added, the ones that never had been published, they ensured that fuel was added to the fire.

Is our GUEST going to advocate that Laban be held responsible for deaths his lies and distortions have caused? After all he did say in his post of 26 Mar 06 - 03:20 PM, that, " To aggravate an uneasy relationship with the Muslim world during a time of war is irresponsible and inappropriate." And Laban is certainly guilty of that.

I do not think for one minute that the western world wants the Muslim world to adopt our ideology. And as far as showing respect goes, that is very much a two way street.