MUHAMMAD CRIES ON NEW CHARLIE HEBDO COVER

[Max E.]

I draw a distinction between cartoons critical of islam or other religions and cartoons that are just designed to offend people. Charlie Hebdo seemed to specialize in the latter.

That doesn't justfy a terrorist attack on them, but in the same way the Gentle Giant wasn't Rosa Parks, Charlie Hebdo isn't some free expression poster child.

IOW we don't have to express admiration and respect for them to avoid moral equivalency. We can and should condemn terrorism, whatever the claimed provocation.

Once they attack us and start killing and maiming people, we are not going to be particularly interested in what they were or were not offended about.

I was never making the editors at charlie hebdo into some martyrs more just pointing out what a bunch of assholes the liberal media are.

 

[TGregg]

I draw a distinction between cartoons critical of islam or other religions and cartoons that are just designed to offend people.

Apparently Islam is in desperate need of being offended.