Lejuan
Super Freak
Editor of Paris satirical publication known for lampooning religious extremism has said in in the past that he would "rather die on his feet than live on his knees"
Vale Stephane Charbonnier.
Vale Stephane Charbonnier.
I owe you an apology. I seen you were the last person to reply to this thread and thought you would have posted something different. I'm sorry and I agree with you.I have been upset by this all day. My avatar/sig change kind of reflects how I feel.
Let's be honest, Charlie Hebdo ridiculed all religions, but only one religion had followers willing to commit mass murder as a result of feeling insulted.
Vive la laïcité!
I owe you an apology. I seen you were the last person to reply to this thread and thought you would have posted something different. I'm sorry and I agree with you.
I'd imagine the folk being indiscriminately killed in Africa would disagree, Lejuan. Those oppressive groups don't discriminate either. The people being massacred by the thousands by Kony and his army (which is happening NOW) would disagree.
I may have gotten off topic, my point is that there are a lot of Muslim people in the world who are good, honest, kind-hearted people, and there are many, especially in the States, that have a hatred for anything Muslim because of the acts of extremists, and that's just not fair.
You were right to say that these are the actions of a hateful extremist group. Nothing more, nothing less.
Might I mention all the anti abortion killings in the name of Jesus that we hear about in the states? How about hate crimes against homosexuals? Attacks against Jewish synagogues? And let's not forget history - the Crusades, for example.
Great summary, Lejuan. Society has come a long way, but there are scum who are intent on living in the dark ages.
(Oh, and I'm not Muslim. I'm against all religion personally, for reasons just like this massacre today. Any religion that condones any killing is wrong in my book.)
That may well shatter our relatively peaceful coexistence...
I grew up with this newspaper. cabu, when I was a kid, used to be on TV in the kids programs and would make caricatures and teach us how to draw. Charlie Hebdo was a very special, very anarchistic weekly and I didn't always agree with them, but today, I mourn freedom of speech which has taken a huge blow in my country.
I know they plan to release an issue, probably next Wednesday, as a testimony against the monsters that did this and they want to make a statement against those who would like to silence us, but other than that, I don't know if they'll have the possibility to go on publishing as only a handful of the crew is left.
We've lost great satirical talents and can't shake off the unease I've been feeling since yesterday.
And I'm also afraid of the repercussions in French society. For the moment being, unity predominates, but in the long run, I'm afraid that many will only remember that not extremists did it but Muslim did! That may well shatter our relatively peaceful coexistence...
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