Cartoons

I have to admit, I don't get this one - the Danish cartoons. Now I know these cartoons were offensive - clearly. But how is the Muslim world supposed to convince us of the peacable nature of Islam when crowds burn down embassies?

I remember a cartoon in the paper I objected to once. I wrote a letter to the editor. The end.

Why should that not be enough in this instance? Even if these crowds are right, and the cartoons represent a serious blasphemy, hypothetically, shouldn't God be powerful enough to deal with smiting whatever cartoonists deserve it on judgement day, should it come to that?