In the last few days we have seen one front page story after another on the death of U.S. ambassador Chris Stephens and on the riots in Libya and Egypt in response to a YouTube movie that disparages Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Anger. Shame. Sadness. The feelings are all too familiar; they were the same emotions elicited by The Satanic Verses, Infidel, and the Danish cartoon controversy. Much like the emotions, the reaction in each case follows the same pattern.
