The first Charlie Hebdo cover after the terrible killings last week shows grace and courage. ‘All is forgiven’ is a strong, beautiful response to the ugliness perpetrated by a handful of fanatics who have as much to do with Islam as the KKK have with Christianity.
No one would have blamed the writers and cartoonists if they had produced an angry or crass image in the tone of some of their previous work, they resisted that and have shown the real power of satire.
Surprised there was anyone left to draw this.
It might be that those at Charlie Hebdo who survived do want to send the message that all is forgiven but the global power brokers in the west certainly do not feel the same way.
It’s not right that a satirical bully like Charlie Hebdo would keep riding and crossing the line for what, profit? And then when the shit hit the fan pretend to be an innocent bystander.
Gross.
They didn’t resist very hard… it’s a big ol’ cock ‘n’ balls.
Nothing wrong with crass and angry in satire. Since you are doing links discussing Charlie Hebdo cartoons, how about this set by Cabu, one of the murder victims, but sans the interpretation filter of the post you linked to.
The Charlie Hebdo cartoons no one is showing you.
It appears freedom of speech and expression for Charlie Hebdo but not “Charlie Coulibaly”.
Blog post worth a read…
On not understanding “Charlie”: Why many smart people are getting it wrong http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/11/1356945/-On-not-understanding-Charlie-Why-many-smart-people-are-getting-it-wrong#
@Ali Fantastic blog. It is such a shame that the truth has taken so long to get out. Due to our ignorange of french culture, and the nature of true satire versus parody, the anglophone left have pissed on the fires of revolution. It was a chance for progressives worldwide to support their left comrades in france, and show the world that the left was part of a unified voice that would not be drowned out. Sadly, this was far from the case. Here is a recent blog in regards to this aptly titled “Lost in Translation: Charlie Hebdo, free speech and the unilingual left.
https://ricochet.media/en/292/lost-in-translation-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-and-the-unilingual-left
Just seen this. Thanks for the link – it’s interesting. It’s been frustrating to see some of the CH analysis. A good reminder to make an effort to research wider and consider context in the things we read. I get the feeling many have made up their minds though.
Perhaps someone who understands the Muslim faith can explain to me why Muslims have such a problem with showing the image of Mohammed. We have pictures of Jesus, Confucious, Buddha and John Key so what is so special about Mohammed that earns a death sentence if you try to show what he looked like?
I’m not a Muslim but would note that Judaism has similar views and Christianity had massive internal convulsions over the issue.
Iconoclasm and the vandalising of English cathedrals by Puritan to name but two.
Yes, you make a good point. The iconoclastic period of the early reformation does have similarities.
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