The case for mocking religion. By Christopher Hitchens

Slate: The case for mocking religion. By Christopher Hitchens
Therefore there is a strong case for saying that the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, and those who have reprinted its efforts out of solidarity, are affirming the right to criticize not merely Islam but religion in general. And the Bush administration has no business at all expressing an opinion on that. If it is to say anything, it is constitutionally obliged to uphold the right and no more.

Absolutely correct. This is about freedom of speech and freedom of thought, which should be primary concerns for book-lovers everywhere.

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