We Are All Charlie Hebdo

2025-01-15T13:22:44-05:00January 8th, 2015|Musings, Uncategorized|

"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam." - President Obama, speaking to the United Nations, 2012. I disagree. "The future must not belong to those who kill in the name of the prophet of Islam." The magazine Charlie Hebdo is offensive, rude, even blasphemous. It's cartoons are provocatively cutting, repulsive and reprehensible to many. When the subject is someone's religion, politics, or personal sacred cow, the satirical sketches make peoples' blood boil and inspire a visceral impulse to somehow strike back. Yesterday's attack on the magazine and the murders of it's cartoonists and editors is a perfect example. And [READ MORE]