Is Europe ready to give in?

Gee, it sure sounds like it.

European Commission vice-president Franco Frattini said Thursday media in Europe should sign up to a voluntary « code of conduct » on reporting on Islam and other faiths in order to avoid future Danish cartoon-type issues.

Earlier, in an interview with the UK Daily Telegraph, Frattini argued that the cartoons first published in the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten "humiliated" millions of Muslims.

He said journalists and media chiefs “should be aware of their responsibility” when exercising their right of freedom of expression, and that they should voluntarily agree to self-regulation in cases where sensitive religious issues are involved.