Its a diplomatic incident if Syria didn't try and stop it. My understanding is that they did.
To be fair, different communities (AND I will post negatively in capitals at anyone who uses the word "Civilisations"
) have different priorities and threasholds regarding morality. Legally the media has done nothing wrong, but does that mean they have been responsible.
Their is an analogy. If a newspaper published cartoons about women that portrayed them as 'growbags' with no intellegence etc etc etc - there are few countries where that is illegal. But it is sexist and insulting to European and American sensibilities.
Does that excuse firebombing an embassy, of course not. But it does explain it. And lets face it, its not as if many people on these boards have not been prone to overreactions over petty things
Hands up people here who called French Fries "Freedom Fries" in 2003-2004