Even without the cartoons, Gitmo, Abu Gharib, Crusaders, Jewish settlements. There will still be fighting because you don’t believe 100% what the person with the weapon says
While you’re at it list RAF, Red Army, ETA, Action Directe, or course these are all decades old which is another reason most ignore them. Oh, don’t forget Tamil Tigers, the insurgency in the Phillipines. How much smoke do you need? And how does the fact that Muslims suffer the most from Muslim terror make it any less of a tragedy?
I feel compelled to treat the stings of kids that throw rocks at hornet nests, but don’t necessarily feel sorry for them. Seems to be a lot of that these days.
Speech is free but not without consequences. The No Go zones and Sharia law areas are purely fiction. Check out www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp
“The country has been faced with some controversy surrounding the Muslim community as the government has tried to suppress parts of the faith and parts of the law associated with the faith.”http://www.worldpopulationstatistics.com/france-population-2013/
It is accurate that the guys down at Charlie Hebdo were protected by a policeman armed with a nightstick, an antiquated 9 mm pistol and an old bullet-proof vest, hardly a match for a kalashnikov.It is also accurate that those guys had been under death threats, especially Charb, the editor, for some time, and it was because of their caricature of the Prophet, which offends even moderate Muslims, not for pokes they often take at the Catholics, the Protestants, the Jews, etc.France has the largest Muslim communitys of any country in Europe and has been targeted by some of them for it’s secularity, it’s involvement in Mali….combating Muslim fundamentalists….and it’s bombing of the ‘Islamic state’ in Iraq, along with the Brits and the Americans. But France, unlike the US, is a truly secular country where freedom of the press is applied by all, and this free press doesn’t self-censor itself for fear of offending any religion or anything else for the matter. The 1905 law that made France a constitutionally secular country was, in fact, to counter the influence of the Catholic church in government affairs; the representatives of the people decide and are not influenced by religious dogma. The President doesn’t swear on a Bible when he takes office and ‘In God We Trust’ is not written on their bank notes.The problem with Islam, is that it is 800 years behind Christianity; look how long it took remove to religious dictate in our Western cultures for those who choose not to believe. Islam is in itself is a fascist dictatorship as it is a political system that governs the daily lives of the population of every Muslim country. There is very little freedom of speech. Try say someting against Mohammed VI in Morocco and you may just find yourself in jail. That being said, start with Morocco and go east and the more radical it gets, to the point where the Charia has already got a good foothold in a lot of countries: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, just to name three.They’ve got a long way to go.
Le Petit Journal is indeed very funny and pokes fun at everything, including religions. As it’s a satirical talk show, there’s more talk than actual caricatures, but it won’t be long before they’ll get death threats as well. And they aren’t the only ones; I know of NO French newspaper or TV show that didn’t show…repeatedly…. caricatures of the Prophet. It is and will remain a secular country, separation of church and state and freedom of the press.Very good point on the no-go-zones; that was pure BS invented by the most infamous of French bashers in our country. There are problems with the Muslim community due to economic inequality, cultural and religious differences, not to mention France’s history with Algeria, and their involvement in Mali and in Iraq combating the Muslim fascist terrorists.Amalgams aren’t only made by the Christians regards the difference between the moderate and radical Muslims, but among the poorly educated young Muslims equating our fight against the terrorists as an attack on Islam.
Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
Nuances are lost on most people.
cripplious over 9 years ago
Even without the cartoons, Gitmo, Abu Gharib, Crusaders, Jewish settlements. There will still be fighting because you don’t believe 100% what the person with the weapon says
Carl Premium Member over 9 years ago
While you’re at it list RAF, Red Army, ETA, Action Directe, or course these are all decades old which is another reason most ignore them. Oh, don’t forget Tamil Tigers, the insurgency in the Phillipines. How much smoke do you need? And how does the fact that Muslims suffer the most from Muslim terror make it any less of a tragedy?
emptc12 over 9 years ago
I feel compelled to treat the stings of kids that throw rocks at hornet nests, but don’t necessarily feel sorry for them. Seems to be a lot of that these days.
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member over 9 years ago
Speech is free but not without consequences. The No Go zones and Sharia law areas are purely fiction. Check out www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp
superposition over 9 years ago
“The country has been faced with some controversy surrounding the Muslim community as the government has tried to suppress parts of the faith and parts of the law associated with the faith.”http://www.worldpopulationstatistics.com/france-population-2013/
Wacky Jacky over 9 years ago
Free speech for everyone!
Except for religion which you cannot say anything about ever.
The imams are wrong, the pope is wrong, and those 700 club nutcases are wrong.
alfracto over 9 years ago
No nuance need apply. Thanks Randy!
Taste the air Premium Member over 9 years ago
Just saying what? I mean WHAT?
veronique auzon engel over 9 years ago
It is accurate that the guys down at Charlie Hebdo were protected by a policeman armed with a nightstick, an antiquated 9 mm pistol and an old bullet-proof vest, hardly a match for a kalashnikov.It is also accurate that those guys had been under death threats, especially Charb, the editor, for some time, and it was because of their caricature of the Prophet, which offends even moderate Muslims, not for pokes they often take at the Catholics, the Protestants, the Jews, etc.France has the largest Muslim communitys of any country in Europe and has been targeted by some of them for it’s secularity, it’s involvement in Mali….combating Muslim fundamentalists….and it’s bombing of the ‘Islamic state’ in Iraq, along with the Brits and the Americans. But France, unlike the US, is a truly secular country where freedom of the press is applied by all, and this free press doesn’t self-censor itself for fear of offending any religion or anything else for the matter. The 1905 law that made France a constitutionally secular country was, in fact, to counter the influence of the Catholic church in government affairs; the representatives of the people decide and are not influenced by religious dogma. The President doesn’t swear on a Bible when he takes office and ‘In God We Trust’ is not written on their bank notes.The problem with Islam, is that it is 800 years behind Christianity; look how long it took remove to religious dictate in our Western cultures for those who choose not to believe. Islam is in itself is a fascist dictatorship as it is a political system that governs the daily lives of the population of every Muslim country. There is very little freedom of speech. Try say someting against Mohammed VI in Morocco and you may just find yourself in jail. That being said, start with Morocco and go east and the more radical it gets, to the point where the Charia has already got a good foothold in a lot of countries: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, just to name three.They’ve got a long way to go.
Jason Allen over 9 years ago
“Well, their bloodthirsty, recycled Aztec god DOES suck!”That just means he’s got something in common with the manic depressive Judeo-Christian god.
veronique auzon engel over 9 years ago
Le Petit Journal is indeed very funny and pokes fun at everything, including religions. As it’s a satirical talk show, there’s more talk than actual caricatures, but it won’t be long before they’ll get death threats as well. And they aren’t the only ones; I know of NO French newspaper or TV show that didn’t show…repeatedly…. caricatures of the Prophet. It is and will remain a secular country, separation of church and state and freedom of the press.Very good point on the no-go-zones; that was pure BS invented by the most infamous of French bashers in our country. There are problems with the Muslim community due to economic inequality, cultural and religious differences, not to mention France’s history with Algeria, and their involvement in Mali and in Iraq combating the Muslim fascist terrorists.Amalgams aren’t only made by the Christians regards the difference between the moderate and radical Muslims, but among the poorly educated young Muslims equating our fight against the terrorists as an attack on Islam.
38lowell over 9 years ago
Old coal:Is that because muslims were not here then!
rossevrymn over 9 years ago
Wow, managed to completely unincapsulate the situation, a perfect 10, how completely, childishly, opposite for opposite’s sake.