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On further reflection, the Danes should surely apologise for the cartoons and for their media in general. The Islamic press would never, ever publish a cartoon which might conceivably offend another religion's believers. Never, ever.
This cartoon, for instance, would never, ever appear in Al-Quds:
Nor would any of the other such cartoons which have appeared in Islamic newspapers ever appear in them. Never, ever.
Meanwhile, a correspondent has pointed out that when I wrote, "The words 'Danish' and 'humour' are rarely found together", I ignored the fact that when Denmark won Euro 92, a short while after they had rejected the Maastricht Treaty, the Danish Foreign Minister came up with this: "If you can't join them, beat them."
UPDATE: Tom Gross has more examples of cartoons which would never, ever appear.
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