Washington Post Political Cartoon, Lampoon or Sedition?

There is much ado about the Washington Post political cartoon appearing in the January 29th edition of the Post by Tom Toles. The Joint Chiefs are calling it everything from "reprehensible" to "in poor taste." I would lean to the latter comment, but I defend the cartoonists right to print what he wants. I think the cartoon was a lampoon of Rumsfeld and what the columnist believes his callus position is, BUT it is not seditious as some may claim. Poor taste and an even weaker idea do not add up to a seditious commentator.

I don't think we can legislate political correctness on either side of the argument. A commentator should be able to say what he or she wants in the public arena and then it is incumbent on the arena to shout down or raise up the commentator.

In a related story, I disagree with the manner in which Islamists are "shouting down" the Danish cartoonist who depicted Mohammad with a bomb in his turban. I think disagreeing by threatening death is more than divisive, it is criminal.