charlie-hebdo

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.

Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today. I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. __espect for religion_ has become a code phrase meaning __ear of religion._ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disres

This division is not one by religious affiliation, rather it separates the extremists and the peace-loving people.Therefor I'm optimistic: now a humanistic Islam is getting shaken awake. Moderate Islam needs now to finally break cover and explain how to deal with the violence-glorifying parts of the Quran. The (psychological) repression that this has nothing to do with our belief doesn't work anymore. We have to face this challenge.

If we suggest that it is okay to make fun of everything except certain aspects of Islam because Muslims are much more sensitive than the rest of the population, isn__ that discrimination? Shouldn__ we treat the second-largest religion in France, exactly as we treat the first? It__ time to put an end to the revolting paternalism of the white, middle-class, __eftist_ intellectual trying to coexist with these __oor, subliterate wretches._ _'I__' educated; obviously I get that 'Charlie Hebdo' is a humor newspaper because, first, I__ very intelligent, and second, it__ my culture. But you__ell, you haven__ quite mastered nuanced thinking yet, so I__l express my solidarity by fulminating against Islamaphobic cartoons and pretending not to understand them. I will lower myself to your level to show you that I like you. And if I need to convert to Islam to get even closer to you, I__l do it!_ These pathetic demagogues just have a ravenous need for recognition and a formidable domination fantasy to fulfil.

People have been murdered over cartoons. End of moral analysis.