Revisiting To be Right or To be Silent

It seems to me that the issue around the "Mohammed cartoons" is about being right or being silent. Yes, freedom of the press is an important freedom, and people should never be afraid to publish what they think. On the other hand, in this particular case, wouldn't it have been better for those newspapers who chose to reprint the cartoons in support of that freedom to be silent? Their proclamation of their "rightness" has offended the faith of Muslims, and while it's true that Paul was only thinking of his Christian brothers and sisters, surely we take a wider view of the world than he did? We who are "strong" should show more compassion to those who are "weak."