Cartoonist Jeff Swenson: "We keep appeasing and placating religion. Not just in the Middle East but here in the West also. The more I think about it the more I see reason to offend for the sake of offending because people are so comfortable in their irrational beliefs. Those who engage in groupthink and cannot react to offense with more speech cannot be appeased. Give 'em an inch, they'll want a mile. These Muslims needed to be offended. Those cartoons weren't dangerous fuel for passions, the passions themselves are dangerous. I even wonder if there is such a thing as offending for the sake of offending because in order to offend there has to be some context or point being made, no matter how weak, in order for someone to react. In this situation the context was twofold: Depicting Mohammed, and how Mohammed was depicted." >>>