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wow. I guess they figured things had calmed down a little too much lately, time to really stir the pot.
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The creators of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have sparked new controversy with a cartoon depicting the drowned Syrian child Aylan Kurdi carrying out sexual assaults on the streets of Cologne.
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Very poor judgment on their part. But, then again - they have a consistent history of doing this type of thing. But, as tasteless as it is - it's free speech and it won't be long before the politically correct will come and say that this should not be allowed due to it's offensive nature. To those people I say - suck it up buttercup.
I understand all of the above posts concerning "tastelessness" (my word, not theirs). Having said that, the question is not whether it's tasteless or not, but whether it's true. Sometimes the truth hurts ... and I don't give a sheet if it offends the very people who are making it true.
The sarcasm of the cartoon seems to be lost...my understanding is that they were doing that to shame those who believe all Muslim immigrants in Europe grow up to be perverted criminals. Not necessarily the type of medium or message I find to be in good taste, though.
The sarcasm of the cartoon seems to be lost...my understanding is that they were doing that to shame those who believe all Muslim immigrants in Europe grow up to be perverted criminals. Not necessarily the type of medium or message I find to be in good taste, though.
Exactly. If people bothered to read past the headline before tearing off to spew uninformed ignorance across the internet, they'd know that.
It's like when people see an Onion article and think it's real.
Charlie Hebdo is the only publication in the free work that understands that free speech really isn't free unless you boldly practice it under threat of terrorism/death.
If it's that hard to get your message, you may want to rethink how you present it, though.
It's not "that hard". Asking people to read past the headline isn't asking too much.
News articles these days are tiny, bite sized chunks of information, and and even then people can' be bothered to read. They just skim the headlines and run off to inform the world of their outrage.
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