Attack in Copenhagen

Lars Vilks

Earlier this month, a gunman stormed a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark where Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was attending a free speech forum. The man began firing from an automatic weapon and Vilks's bodyguards (who always travel with him) took him into a back room until the danger passed.

Vilks was uninjured, but a 55-year-old man was killed and three others wounded. The man fled, and hours later fired shots at officers at a Copenhagen synagogue. The officers were wounded and a security guard was killed. Later that day, police tracked down the man and killed him.

Vilks has survived two previous attempts on his life after being placed on a terrorist hit list. His cartoons are offensive, and meant to elicit a reaction. He believes that it should be possible to insult all religions in a democratic way.

What do you think? Is it okay to deliberately create cartoons to offend? Does having the right to freedom of the press mean that we should use that privilege to deliberately create images to offend?

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