Reply #6: I don't think anyone is advocating a *legal* restriction on publication [View All]

[Wordie]

of material such as the cartoons, no matter how inflammatory. The Oliver Wendell Holmes material you linked to goes to issues of free speech as a matter of the law, which is different. Rather, the approach I advocate is one that urges the wisdom to exercise self-restraint, when one knows that one's actions could cause extreme harm.

Here's another thread that gets into why Americans have a hard time understanding what all the fuss is about, as well as some background info on the genesis of the cartoon furor:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2452036