What Are They Rioting About, Exactly?

The American media can't seem to get enough of the Danish cartoon story.

We've seen story after story about the rioting caused by the satiric cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad that appeared first in a Danish newspaper and were later reprinted across Europe.

We've seen men firing automatic weapons in the air. We've seen crowds jumping up and down threatening death to anyone who insults their prophet. We've seen the Danish flag in flames. We've seen all of this day after day, ad infinitum.

But there's one thing we haven't seen -- have you noticed that?

What we haven't seen are the actual cartoons the caused all the commotion in the first place. As far as I know, not one American news outlet has reprinted them.

And we know why that is, of course.

Tom Moran