Jyllands-Posten Cartoons, Muslim Humiliation Or Hysteria?

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The other day I happened to watch TV, it was a talkshow on bluetooth security from a user point of view, viewers could call in and ask questions or comment on the topic, someone called and started to ramble on the "ethical dangers" of bluetooth, then and out of a sudden, he moved to talk about the cartoons thing, it started with something like (translated from Arabic): "And just like how bluetooth is dangerous, so are the cartoons that offended millions of Muslims everywhere, Everyone boycott Danish products! ...", at that point I was like: enough already! What on earth does this topic has to do with basic bluetooth security? The whole cartoons thing has turned into a hysteria out of control.

The issue is the main topic of many Arab news channels, newspapers, and news websites, there are calls for boycotting Danish products using emails, websites, SMS, and printed papers, and the whole thing has escalated into an international crisis for Muslims everywhere.

I'm sure almost everyone is aware of the cartoons published by a local newspaper in Denmark that offended Muslims by now, I won't talk about the main issue, it has been beaten to death, but I have several points to talk about:

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