Islam vs. the 1st Amendment

By the way, what have we learned in recent months?

That when it comes to material that may be offensive, there are two standards. There is one standard for material that offends Muslims (it is forbidden, or at least not worth the potential risk and/or headaches) and another standard for offending everyone else (anything goes!). Oh, and I completely disagree with Hugh Hewitt, which is somewhat interesting, because we began the cartoon controversy on the same page (denouncing the violent protests, but not terribly enthusiastic about a work that we saw as a deliberate poke in the eye to Muslims).

We've learned that when the issue is the First Amendment right to publish something offensive to Muslims, the first to fold and capitulate are newspapers, television networks, and bookstores! The ones who are supposed to be the most staunch defenders of our First Amendment freedoms! And who rallied to insist that no, the Islamic rules for blasphemy do not apply to non-Muslims?

A couple of newspapers, bloggers, and the South Park guys!

Bravo, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. And as for Comedy Central, well, we now know everything about them we need to know.