Free speech withers under a storm of religious rage and historical lies

IS FREE speech dying in the western world? First you had the Muslim cartoons saga and the remarkable spectacle of liberals everywhere finding a new respect for religion.

Many dropped their long-cherished claims to freedom of expression and caved in unthinkingly to a diktat from the east.

It appears we may not depict the Prophet Mohammed in any way, even when there is no intention to offend on our part. What happens when some radical sect of Islam declares that infidels may not even utter the name of the Prophet, much less depict him in a drawing? We will comply of course.