From an editorial in the New York Times concerning the Danish cartoons of Mohammed:

It is time for moderate Muslims to abandon the illusion that they can placate the Islamists by straddling the fence. It is they who must explain to their people that the cartoons were an isolated incident, and not the face of hostile crusaders. It is they who must make it clear to their people that blowing up mosques, beheading hostages and strapping on belts of explosives are far, far greater evils than a few drawings in a distant paper. They must do so because their future is at stake — not Denmark’s.

Tough words from the NYT and words I agree with. What though did the New York Times run about the cartoons? An article using a picture of the Virgin Mary made out of elephant dung to depict the Danish cartoons.

Words are great, but they don’t mean anything if you can’t back up what you say. The New York Times only talks, but they certainly don’t walk . . . unless it is on the very same fence they criticize.

Hat tip to LGF