The Onion on the Embassy Riots

The satire site The Onion made a sharp observation about the riots by taking a completely different tack.  It published a completely offensive cartoon that was sacrilegious to a number of major world faiths.  Anyway, I think I need to bleach my eyes (and maybe bleach them twice) after seeing it.  BUT!  The upshot is the accompanying words:

The image ... reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. EDT, after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and continued on with their day.

In retrospect, there was something quite piquantly brilliant about this commentary on free speech, offense, and response.  The Onion then underlined it by having the webpage's URL say "no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image."  

Some people might complain that the Onionistas pulled their punches because they didn't include Islam in the list of religions they blasphemed in their cartoon ... but I actually think they were making a point about all the other religions and their response to offense.