While the world "cries" that freedom of the press and the individual human right to voice opinions were at the heart of this attack--it was interesting to see what those large "so called western media giants" who should be the leaders in this defense actually did in response vs say the German media who has had a history of Hitler and the GDR.
The western media did just about anything and everything to either not republish the front pages of the various CH publications and or they simply digitized the covers--and that is what again "freedom of the press"?
Secondly, the German media stood up and stated if these covers are offensive so what--that is the price of the "freedom of the press" and pointed out that CH satirized every major religion just not only Islam. Then they republished virtually all their covers and undigitized.
Last year's #CharlieHebdo caricature of #Crimea referendum.They really have an understanding
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Well done Berliner Zeitung. Germany shows some balls. Every newspaper should have gone with this. We're not afraid.
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Thirdly--something I have stated over and over here--until one of the largest religions decides to have it's own internal Reformation and the "so called" peaceful elements finally take a stand against their "violent/violence prone brothers" this is never going to end especially since Europe via the Russians is now awash with AK47s/RPGs. Really easy car ride full of weapons to Berlin and onwards to France from Donetsk.
Fourthly, does anyone else find it interesting that while the loss of 12 individuals brutally gunned down is bad--do we see the global media taking a real interest in the daily killings of Syrian civilians via chemical barrel bombs and relentless air attacks, or the killing of Ukrainian soldiers defending their country from what the western press seems to not want to call it "an active war conducted by Russian troops on Ukrainian soil" or the large number of armed conflicts in Africa.
Is it that these above-- Ukrainian, Syrian, African and the Shia militia now cleansing Sunni villages is simply to far away and Paris closer --why the disconnect?