The European media is recieving flak from some fanatic Muslims because of cartoons that were published that made fun of Mohammed. In response, there has been cases of riots, threats and violence. The Dutch government has even been asked to apologize for the newspaper that published the cartoons, a ridiculous request since the government has no ownership over free press.

This is just an example of extreme overreaction.

Fanatics (of all idealogies) need to realize that they do not have the right to NOT be offended.

I see this in many people. They get angry and overreact when something offends them. The proper thing to do when you're offended is to either respond to it with your own free speech, or tune it out.

Instead, the fanatics try to SHUT DOWN someone else's free speech, either through violent action, threats or economic coercion (such as pressuring the advertisers of a media to take the offending content off).

I'm sick of it. I hope the Europeans and the Dutch media don't back down.