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Originally Posted by Tchocky
Hey guys, back from peeling potatoes in the brig. I apologise for the nasty language that Sailor Steve had to remove, nobody needs to read that. It was unnecessary and crude.
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Anyhoo.
Over a million people marching in Paris, over 700,000 marching all across France yesterday.
It's heartening to see this kind of expression instead of lazy xenophobia or racism, which is something we all know can easily follow events like this in modern Europe.
The above gallery are some cartoons from Arab newspapers in reaction to the tragedy.
Maybe I'm simplistic, but to my mind people standing up for the rights of cartoonists not to be murdered is something to be welcomed.
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Hey, welcome back.
The french fries were good while they lasted.
Yes, I was really moved by the rally. The French certainly know how to do that type of thing on a magnificent scale. I am not saying this just to bash the President,l but I was shocked and very disappointed that he was not in that line. To hell with security concerns, if the German leader, UK, leader, Israeli leader, etc were there, the US president should have been too.
That rally was an epic symbol, and the US was AWOL.
One thing I have felt from the beginning but have not mentioned; I do not care for the whole Charlie Magazine bashing and mocking religion for the sake of it (and profit). Sure, I will grant that they have the right to do so, but it's bad taste (don't forget, I am not religious at all). And how is it not considered hate speech? Or at the least, incitement to violence. Don't get me wrong, I am not on the side of killing people who draw Mohammed or Jesus, not at all. I definitely want to see the French root out the fledgling terrorists in their country and imprison or deport them. But yeah, twist the tiger's tail...