Paul Stone wrote: "Phil doesn't think any of the cartoons are funny. I think ONE is definitely funny. ... Suicide bombers SHOULD be pointed at and mocked and laughed and shamed." I agree, but Paul has noted only one cartoon. I had said that the cartoons were not funny, but that was too broad a judgment since I think two or three are. I suspect, however, that the commotion centers around a few particular cartoons, especially the one I noted of Mohammad with a bomb on his head. There is nothing redeeming about that cartoon. It exists only to provoke outrage. Shame on the cartoonist and shame on a culture that justifies it. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html