Asshat insight

With reference to this story:

BEAUMONT - John Caffery called it an act of cowardice by U.S. newspapers for not publishing controversial Muslim-based cartoons, so the local resident decided to take matters into his own hands.

On the corner of Daisy and Norwood drives, Caffery erected a large sign Sunday afternoon with one of the cartoons. It also carries a message about the subsequent rioting throughout the world caused by the publishing of the cartoons in a Danish newspaper.

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The sign is four feet by eight feet, according to Caffery's estimation, and was made as "large as it feasibly" could be made, he said. A cartoon of Muhammad's head shaped like a lit bomb is depicted to the left and a statement on the right reads "For This Cartoon In Danish and Nowegian [sic] Newspapers Muslems [sic] Worldwide Have Rioted, and Killed and Now Offer $11 Million Reward to Kill The Cartoonist."

Comes this insight:

I think those cartoons have Magical Asshat Powers, where everyone who comes into contact with them immediately does the most asshat-ish thing he or she could possibly do. Everyone I've heard of having anything to do with these cartoons - Muslim or non-Muslim - has done it with absolute asshattishness in mind.

Below, some typical Asshats: