11 dead in French satirical magazine shooting

[Habbaku]

Because when I hear about a tragedy, my first instinct is to wonder how it will affect the local elections.

Psycho.

[Liep]

Because when I hear about a tragedy, my first instinct is to wonder how it will affect the local elections.

Psycho.

Yeah, the lack of empathy and the focus on personal gain really is worrying.

[Norgy]

The accusation that we are pouring oil on the flames in the current situation really gets on my nerves. After the publication of this absurd and grotesque film about Muhammad in the US, other newspapers have responded to the protests with cover stories. We are doing the same thing, but with drawings. And a drawing has never killed anyone.

We publish caricatures every week, but people only describe them as declarations of war when it's about the person of the Prophet or radical Islam. When you start saying that you can't create such drawings, then the same thing will soon apply to other, more harmless representations

Editor Stéphane Charbonnier, now according to reports killed.

A brave man, and one who should always be remembered. Today, even I feel a bit French.

[Drakken]

Seems like Le Monde, France Inter, and other media networks in France have vouched to provide all support and staff needed to ensure what remains of Charlie Hebdo continues to live on.   

[Viking]

Seems like Le Monde, France Inter, and other media networks in France have vouched to provide all support and staff needed to ensure what remains of Charlie Hebdo continues to live on.   

Well vilifying them as racists and islamophobes who only have their own racism to blame for the threats against them sort of has to come to an end?... then again, it only took one day for LeMonde to end is pro USA 9/11 sympathy.

[Grey Fox]

Seems like Le Monde, France Inter, and other media networks in France have vouched to provide all support and staff needed to ensure what remains of Charlie Hebdo continues to live on.   

Hell, they'll probably get US Feds money if they ask for it.

[Grallon]

Because when I hear about a tragedy, my first instinct is to wonder how it will affect the local elections.

Psycho.

 


Those people died as much because of the stupidity of all those who insist on denying there's a problem with Islam as from the bullets of the jihadis.  Or will someone have the gall to pretend this was nothing but an act of lunacy perpetrated by mental defectives?  Had the problem been named, had precautions been taken, you might not have had this golden opportunity to wring you hands and insult me.



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[Eddie Teach]

I've had a lunatic hold a knife to my throat and threaten to kill me.

This should have its own thread.

[Razgovory]

I've had a lunatic hold a knife to my throat and threaten to kill me.

This should have its own thread.

Yeah, in the backroom!

[Valmy]

Ok, I want to make a commitment. I will read the whole Quran.

From what I understand you have to read it in Arabic. Translations aren't considered to really be the word or Allah.

I find that perspective rather humorous.  That is like saying one must read the New Testament in the original Greek, you know what Jesus spoke.

[Barrister]

Because when I hear about a tragedy, my first instinct is to wonder how it will affect the local elections.

Psycho.

Much as I dislike defending Grallon (and I'm not really), but in the face of a tragedy we often grasp at straws.  We look for things we can discuss and control, instead of the unexplicable horror that has just happened.

When Edmonton's 9-person homicide was first announced, I felt guilty that my first or second thought was 'gee, I wonder who is going to get that file'.

But while that reaction is fairly normal, common decency doesn't means not looking quite so gleeful about multiple murders.

[Barrister]

Ok, I want to make a commitment. I will read the whole Quran.

From what I understand you have to read it in Arabic. Translations aren't considered to really be the word or Allah.

I find that perspective rather humorous.  That is like saying one must read the New Testament in the original Greek, you know what Jesus spoke.

And there's something to that - it would avoid all of the fights over translations that have happened over the centuries.

[11B4V]

Fox news is epic. For some reason MSNBC
and CNN are off the air on direct tv.

[garbon]

The accusation that we are pouring oil on the flames in the current situation really gets on my nerves. After the publication of this absurd and grotesque film about Muhammad in the US, other newspapers have responded to the protests with cover stories. We are doing the same thing, but with drawings. And a drawing has never killed anyone.

We publish caricatures every week, but people only describe them as declarations of war when it's about the person of the Prophet or radical Islam. When you start saying that you can't create such drawings, then the same thing will soon apply to other, more harmless representations

Editor Stéphane Charbonnier, now according to reports killed.

A brave man, and one who should always be remembered. Today, even I feel a bit French.

Except in that earlier instance, they definitely were adding oil to the flame - oh and I don't recall anyone (governments) saying that they couldn't publish those cartoons when they did, but rather questioned the judgement to do so.

[Liep]

Much as I dislike defending Grallon (and I'm not really), but in the face of a tragedy we often grasp at straws.  We look for things we can discuss and control, instead of the unexplicable horror that has just happened.

When Edmonton's 9-person homicide was first announced, I felt guilty that my first or second thought was 'gee, I wonder who is going to get that file'.

But while that reaction is fairly normal, common decency doesn't means not looking quite so gleeful about multiple murders.

Personal thoughts are one thing. You didn't text your colleagues with that question, because you knew that would be stupid.