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On Charlie Hebdo … artists will not be cowed
(attributed online to Banksy but it’s the work of French cartoonist Lucille Clerc)
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Ugly reactions at Kiwiblog
Comments at Kiwiblog are dominated by intolerance of 1.6 biliion people because of abhorrent actions of a small number of supposed Muslims. The posts are fine. David Farrar has two posts on the Charlie...
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Ironies and Goebbelism at Whale Oil
Yesterday morning Cameron Slater posted Islam terror comes to Paris: 12 dead in attack on newspaper – it is mostly quoting a news report but Slater comments: This is global civil war. We are being put...
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Presland: On Freedom of Speech and Tolerance and Powers of Surveillance
I don’t always see things the same as Greg Presland but he has a very good post at The Standard: On Freedom of Speech and Tolerance and Powers of Surveillance I was shocked to wake up and read about...
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“Capitulated to the mongrel bastards”
In Ugly reactions at Kiwiblog I linked to contentious Charlie Hebdo cartoons but chose not to show the cartoons myself because I don’t like offensively provocative satire and I don’t fully understand...
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Journalist risk has just increased
The Charlie Hebdo massacre has again highlighted that being a journalist can be a vrry risk occupation. Washington Post looks at this in Charlie Hebdo killings highlight the increasing targeting of...
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Three suspects killed plus hostage deaths reported
Reports of the Charlie Hebdo killers being holed up in an industrial area just north ot Paris. Possibly in a printing company premises. Mention of a heavy exchange of fire, a high speed car chase,...
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Innocent until proven a risk should be an inalienable Kiwi principle
It was inevitable that the French killers have been killed. They lived by the gun, died by the gun. A fair enough outcome. Sad that more innocent people have been killed. What does this mean for New...
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Satirical cartoons – where should the line be drawn?
Joe Sacco: On Satire – a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks The acclaimed graphic artist and journalist Joe Sacco on the limits of satire – and what it means if Muslims don’t find it funny In fact...
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Muslim condemnation of Charlie Hebdo killings
Muslims are often criticised for failing to condemn Islam related terrorism and this has happened over the Charlie Hebdo killings. It’s usually based on ignorance, I would guess that critics don’t even...
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