Mr. Westergaard, 75, who had his 5-year-old granddaughter on a sleepover, called the police and sought shelter in a specially made safe room in the house, the police said.
Officers arrived two minutes later and tried to arrest the suspect, who wielded an ax at a police officer. The officer then shot the man.
So a man who draws pictures for a living needs a safe room in his house because some people find his pictures so offensive that they think his death is a proper punishment. So...pictures = offensive. Killing cartoonist = OK.
Just making sure we've got that straight.
And then there's this:
The attack on Mr. Westergaard, whose rendering was among 12 that led to the burning of Danish diplomatic offices in predominantly Muslim countries in 2006, was “terror related,” Mr. Scharf said in a statement.
Could we possibly stop blaming the cartoons for the violence? Religious belief provides no exemption from criticism and satire. There is no inalienable right not to be offended. Cartoons hurt your feelings? Tough. You feel like beating someone to death over it? Grow up. Your actions are nobody's responsibility but your own.
What's difficult to understand about that?
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