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The opinion of the Tribune's editorial page is that the cartoons were "juvenile" and "cheesy," a judgment I don't share after going online to see them for myself. They are harsh, yes, and they deal in sweeping generalizations, caricatures and exaggerations--just like nearly every editorial cartoon ever published.
But some of the drawings make a point in exactly the same way that any good editorial cartoon makes a point, and they have a grown-up, even sophisticated purpose: to challenge those who use intimidation to block free expression and those who find in their religious texts justification for mass murder. Specifically, Jyllands-Posten commissioned the cartoons to make a defiant statement after learning that several Danish artists had refused to illustrate a children's book about Muhammad because they feared reprisals from Muslims who consider images of their prophet blasphemous.
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It says if you aren't regularly offended, insulted, provoked or angered by something you read, see or hear, then either you're not paying attention or you live in a repressive society.