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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Stephane Charbonnier rejected the criticism. "We have the impression that it's officially allowed for Charlie Hebdo to attack the Catholic far-right but we cannot poke fun at fundamental Islamists," he said.
"It shows the climate. Everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want: to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave," he told Reuters.
Sums it all up very succinctly.
"It shows the climate. Everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want: to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave," he told Reuters.
Sums it all up very succinctly.
The comparison that Charbonnier has made is a false one . In order to merit a response like that Hebdo would have to have published cartoons of Jesus Christ in the nude . That is the only thing that would justify her responding by publishing cartoons of Mohammad in the nude . The response to a political attack on the Catholic Far Right should have been a retaliatory political attack , not the publishing of cartoons of Mohammad in the nude . Can nobody else see that ?
Do we really believe that publishing cartoons of Mohammad in the nude is a contribution to freedom of speech ?
Would publishing cartoons of Jesus in the nude as well enhance further their freedom of speech credentials ?
I don't think so .
Do we really believe that publishing cartoons of Mohammad in the nude is a contribution to freedom of speech ?
Would publishing cartoons of Jesus in the nude as well enhance further their freedom of speech credentials ?
I don't think so .
One of many reasons.......
He probably doesn't want to live like Salamn Rushdie either.
I used to do a pub quiz when I lived in the UAE back in the very early Nineties, and a nurse from Plymouth came along with his pals one night and gave me dogs abuse for refusing to read out their team name. They were called "The Satanic Nurses".
The disco downstairs often played the Desmond Decker classic, "The Israelites" and we all used to sing along with the DJ to the tune of "Oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, My Ears Are Alight", as did many locals, (who whouldn't have been there in the first place as it sold alcohol and they drank copious amounts of it).
He probably doesn't want to live like Salamn Rushdie either.
I used to do a pub quiz when I lived in the UAE back in the very early Nineties, and a nurse from Plymouth came along with his pals one night and gave me dogs abuse for refusing to read out their team name. They were called "The Satanic Nurses".
The disco downstairs often played the Desmond Decker classic, "The Israelites" and we all used to sing along with the DJ to the tune of "Oooooh, oooooh, oooooh, My Ears Are Alight", as did many locals, (who whouldn't have been there in the first place as it sold alcohol and they drank copious amounts of it).
If you believe in the principle of free speech, that we as a society have the right to poke fun and ideas, ideologies, then the timing is irrelevant really.
There is a big difference between publishing topless photos who was in a location where they could reasonably expect privacy and a cartoon depicting a nude mohammed.
I am glad that a magazine has the courage to publish satire in the current environment.Charbonnier is right, Rushdie is right; Unless we continually challenge such behaviours, then we are complicit in the intimidation.The extremists win.
There is a big difference between publishing topless photos who was in a location where they could reasonably expect privacy and a cartoon depicting a nude mohammed.
I am glad that a magazine has the courage to publish satire in the current environment.Charbonnier is right, Rushdie is right; Unless we continually challenge such behaviours, then we are complicit in the intimidation.The extremists win.
Short of a International ban on such things, I cannot see what can be done, or even should be done.
What is interesting however is the fact that political and other satirical type cartoons can be published in Britain, no matter how hurtful they maybe to the persons aimed at, but would any British magazine dare publish anything that may offend Islam.
What is interesting however is the fact that political and other satirical type cartoons can be published in Britain, no matter how hurtful they maybe to the persons aimed at, but would any British magazine dare publish anything that may offend Islam.
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(OR those with sensitive sensibilities)
(OR those with sensitive sensibilities)
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