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I was deeply distressed that the cartoons were seen by many Muslims as an attempt by Denmark to mark and insult or behave disrespectfully towards Islam or Mohammed.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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The good thing is that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters – the core – is left.

It could never happen in Denmark, Danish people are much more calm than those further south.

That's what it's like when people have crawled very high up in a tree, then they sometimes need help to get down with ladders and ropes and other instruments.

I often use Sweden as a discouraging example to promte a free and open debate and maintain a strict immigration policy.

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