Je suis Charlie

[Gaëtan]

 

[fat tom]

Pourquoi?
f.t.

 

[Hapworth]

Pourquoi?
f.t.

There was an "incident" in Paris yesterday -- perhaps you heard?

This is a statement of solidarity with the murdered and the ideals they championed.

 

[LVSteve]

Je suis Charlie, aussi.

 

[Mike McLellan]

We are all Charlie.

 

[kaaskop49]

If anyone else on this Forum is familiar with the words of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem, and I'm sure there are many,those words are ALL appropriate at this moment.

Kaaskop49
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[cmort666]

Perhaps "Je Suis Charles Martel" would be a BETTER motto:

Battle of Tours

 

[Arik]

Jes suis Chalie!

 

[cmort666]

Je suis Charles Martel!

 

[M E Morrison]

I hope this doesn't sound too petty, but it would have meant more if there was an English translation for us non-French speakers.

 

[kaaskop49]

Let us also remember another cartoonist/satirist from either Denmark or the Netherlands was butchered several years ago for committing a similar "offense."

Kaaskop49
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[M E Morrison]

Let us also remember another cartoonist/satirist from either Denmark or the Netherlands was butchered several years ago for committing a similar "offense."

Kaaskop49
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IIRC, there was one from each country.

 

[erics]

One of those killed is reported to have been a body guard to one of the cartoonists that was also killed. So maybe not totally a surprise. An unarmed bodyguard?

 

[-db-]

I wonder how many of those proclaiming "I/we are Charlie" realize the magazine's deceased staff were hardcore communists who not only crudely mocked Mohammed but also Christ, among others?

Just something to think about before jumping on a bandwagon...

 

[V1 Rotate]

I wonder how many of those proclaiming "I/we are Charlie" realize the magazine's deceased staff were hardcore communists who not only crudely mocked Mohammed but also Christ, among others?

Just something to think about before jumping on a bandwagon...

I hope Gaetan doesn't judge all of the forum based on this post.

I'd be ashamed if he did. Bill S

 

[Arik]

I hope this doesn't sound too petty, but it would have meant more if there was an English translation for us non-French speakers.

We are Charlie

 

[kaaskop49]

One of those killed is reported to have been a body guard to one of the cartoonists that was also killed. So maybe not totally a surprise. An unarmed bodyguard?

I don't quite know how effective a civilian bodyguard can be against a military-style raid with automatic weapons blasting. I read the bodyguard was in the meeting room. Any resistance from that room and a grenade would have gone in.

Kaaskop49
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[hoc9sw]

Twelve dead, including Police officers, dead for doing less offensive things than I've done, does not sound like a "bandwagon".

I've been in countries where you did not dare take a newspaper to breakfast, lest you "soil" the picture of the fearless leader on the banner, a crime punishable by death.

If I want to be able to say something offensive about someone else's beliefs, I had best be ready to allow them the same right. I've never killed anyone for mocking my religious beliefs.

"Bandwagon". Funeral march for a bit of liberty would be a better description.

 

[Arik]

I wonder how many of those proclaiming "I/we are Charlie" realize the magazine's deceased staff were hardcore communists who not only crudely mocked Mohammed but also Christ, among others?

Just something to think about before jumping on a bandwagon...

Lock in 3.....2.....1.

A) they are still people who didn't do anything to deserve being executed. So should Democrats be shot too? How about if you're a Dem? Should Republicans be shot?

B) Mock away! I mock them all. Your beliefs are not mine. And here lies the problem. People getting insulted over negative portrayal of two thousand year old dead guys.

 

[M E Morrison]

We are Charlie

Thank you!