by Sandy » Mon Jan 12, 2015 12:55 pm
I find the kind of humor expressed by the cartoonists of Charlie Hebdo, as far as religious beliefs go, to be distasteful and to a certain degree, expressing intolerance in their own way. However, there was nothing in France to prohibit Muslims from voicing their disapproval, or from attempting to set the record straight. That's a stark difference from the way that the Islamic extremists chose to handle it.
Murdering journalists and attacking newspaper offices certainly will have a chilling effect on what journalists choose to write or express. I think the kind of support shown in the Paris rally says pretty clearly to the terrorists, "You're not going to win this."