We have no desire to be free speech martyrs, but it would have been nakedly hypocritical to avoid the same cartoons we'd criticized others for not running, cartoons that however absurdly have inspired arson, kidnapping and murder and forced cartoonists in at least two continents to go into hiding.

In terms of free speech, there are questions which are much more important than this.

There's a real free speech issue, but it's Larry squelching other people's free speech. He's an incredible bully.

Free speech is a one-way street with them.

I'm a huge believer in free speech. I'm a street performer. But you can't impede somebody else's speech.

I think the concerns about free speech in areas where the president is speaking long pre-date Bush. They were an issue in the Clinton administration, the first Bush administration and began as an issue during Reagan. I do think the ACLU has legitimate concerns about the breadth of the new language and how it could be applied.