The Hartford Courant reports:

Borders, which also owns Waldenbooks, announced last week that it would not carry the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine, which contains the Danish cartoons that offended many in the Muslim world. Though there have been no reports of direct threats against stores carrying the magazine, a Borders spokeswoman says the decision was “based on the potential for a compromise of the safety and security of our employees.”

Every time we bend to the wishes of those who will use violence to silence dissent, we guarantee that more and more people will use the threat of violence to kill thinking that they don’t like.

In order for Sharia law to be in effect in the United States, we don’t need to be overrun by Jihadists who wish to impose it on us. All we need to do is continually acknowledge that we will willingly give up our freedom—bit by bit—to people who threaten us with death for failing to adhere to their wishes.

By proving that the threat of violence works, Borders Books has just increased the chances that such threats will be used and carried out in the future. Thank you for selling us out, Borders.