[cema]

  if a Danish cartoon in a newspaper can set off riots 
  in countries where it is not published

...and several months after it has been published. What does it tell us? There are people who trigger the riots and decide when and how to influence the crowds. They, or their adjutants, are interested in using the "Danish newspapers"; not the people on the street.

  it does just seem a very dehumanized way of approaching a conflict 
  where actual real people are dying

There are people who need to be stopped, and getting them dead is sometimes the only way.

[eoin_murphy]

I agree absolutely. There are individuals and groups out there drumming up controversy whenever they can, whatever their motives are.

I didn't mean to compare the two in terms of which was ok, I was just pointing out that saying " Most Palestinians probably don't read english anyways." doesn't mean they won't be aware of it regardless of whether or not they are the "intended" audience