Drawing Mohammed

I'm in knots over the tetchiness of Islamic extremists regarding cartoons of Muhammad, and outraged that cartoonists in Western, secular democracies have been bullied and threatened for making such depictions. But "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" seems like the low road here. It has apparently engendered some flak.

Surely there's a way to make this unimpeachable point - that freedom of speech plainly encompasses the right to draw Muhammad - without being so needlessly insulting. Besides, it's hard to think of a single person who's mind will be changed by this; rather, positions will harden as a result of needless provocation and offense. In other words: this hurts, it doesn't help.