The Problem With the Entire Response to the Cartoon Controversy

Is that it has made the image of Mohammed with a bomb on top of his turban, a truly vile image, into some sort of symbol of free speech. One conservative shirt maker is selling damn t-shirts with the cartoon on them.

I will defend the right of any organization, corporation, individual, etc. to print, say, etc. any sort of message they want, but that hardly means I support the message. It's one thing to print the image in a newspaper publication in order to inform readers and viewers about what the controversy is about, but to print it up on shirts, and market it under the guise that it is a symbol of free speech is disgusting, and I would further add that anyone who buys such a shirt is a hatemongering bastard.