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posted on 14/1/16

I like satire but this is simply bad taste, dead kids aint funny even if you use them in a satirical manner to make a point.

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Galvlad : Sun-dried lungs waistcoat (U10415)
posted 1 minute ago
Satire doesn't HAVE to be funny.

But it should cover everyone, not just those they prefer to mock.
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They mock the far right more than anyone else

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

I mean that comic is mocking the far right

comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 14/1/16

They have drawn a picture murder them!

That's what happened last time.

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 14/1/16

"That's kind of my point.... They were backing something that they would probably get outraged about, in any other situation."

No, they are backing peoples right to say as they wish without punishment by death.

Again it isn't about agreeing or backing what Hebdo write about, it's abut the fact they were murdered for it/

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 14/1/16

"Well you cant pick and choose who's rights you defend. You defend them for everyone"

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by 1manontherun ™ - Buy Frank on Blu Ray (U4291)
posted 2 minutes ago
The 'Charlie Hebdo' corporation are Western Extremists using Propaganda as their weapon to exacerbate tensions and are probably a huge reason why Paris was attacked
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Sorry, but there is no reason Paris was attacking other than vile humans wanting to cause misery and panic for millions of people.

It's disgusting what they did and no amount of taunting is reason for it.
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Obviously.. But if a woman wears revealing clothes she will attract attention from scuuum and thats exactly what the Hebdo nuts done

comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Blarmy (U14547)
posted 39 seconds ago
comment by Galvlad : Sun-dried lungs waistcoat (U10415)
posted 1 minute ago
Satire doesn't HAVE to be funny.

But it should cover everyone, not just those they prefer to mock.
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They mock the far right more than anyone else
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They only are outraged if it mocks Islam.

Yet they have mocked Christianity several times.

I haven't seen gangs of Christians running round shooting cartoonists in revenge.

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

This doesnt even mock Islam or even the refugees. Its distasteful certainly

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 14/1/16

comment by 1manontherun ™ - Buy Frank on Blu Ray (U4291)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by 1manontherun ™ - Buy Frank on Blu Ray (U4291)
posted 2 minutes ago
The 'Charlie Hebdo' corporation are Western Extremists using Propaganda as their weapon to exacerbate tensions and are probably a huge reason why Paris was attacked
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Sorry, but there is no reason Paris was attacking other than vile humans wanting to cause misery and panic for millions of people.

It's disgusting what they did and no amount of taunting is reason for it.
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Obviously.. But if a woman wears revealing clothes she will attract attention from scuuum and thats exactly what the Hebdo nuts done
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Doesn't give them the right to rape them.

posted on 14/1/16

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comment by MBL. (U6305)

posted on 14/1/16

If a woman wears revealing clothes, it's her choice.

If anyone attacks her then they are just sick twisted criminals.

She has the right to wear what she wants.

posted on 14/1/16

At face value it's shocking racism. But if I understand it correctly, the cover is supposed to be lampooning the attitudes of racists and making a point about the hypocrisy of a Europe that switches from piety about drowned children to wild generalisations about the dangers of 'these floods of migrants'.

The problem is that in the digital world information flies around without context and nuance is lost. Millions of people now sincerely believe that Hebdot has published a cartoon worthy of Goebbels.

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by 1manontherun ™ - Buy Frank on Blu Ray (U4291)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by 1manontherun ™ - Buy Frank on Blu Ray (U4291)
posted 2 minutes ago
The 'Charlie Hebdo' corporation are Western Extremists using Propaganda as their weapon to exacerbate tensions and are probably a huge reason why Paris was attacked
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Sorry, but there is no reason Paris was attacking other than vile humans wanting to cause misery and panic for millions of people.

It's disgusting what they did and no amount of taunting is reason for it.
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Obviously.. But if a woman wears revealing clothes she will attract attention from scuuum and thats exactly what the Hebdo nuts done
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Doesn't give them the right to rape them.
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No definitely not, but we don't live in idealistic world.

Why do we keep our kids within eyesight distance? Why do we not have holidays in Somalia?
Why do we not just jump in the river thames for a swim?

I don't promote violence, but it will never ever go away.

I just promote common sense

posted on 14/1/16

Just playing devil's advocate here, If an EDL club, or whatever was shot up would IAmEDL trend? Clearly in my opinion it shouldn't but they can say what they want surely, you can't choose whose rights you defend after all.

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Blarmy (U14547)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin (U2958)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by Blarmy (U14547)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin (U2958)
posted 59 seconds ago
It's a dumb comic that is pretty tasteless and not particularly funny...

It is also a dumb comic that is pretty tasteless and not particularly funny... But not something anyone should be killing or dying over.

The only thing it really highlights, for me, is all those people giving it the social outrage with their "Je Suis Charlie" probably had very little idea what they were backing.
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It was more the concept of free expression
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That's kind of my point.... They were backing something that they would probably get outraged about, in any other situation.

I'm so tired of all the social outrage/sympathy/mourning.
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Well you cant pick and choose who's rights you defend. You defend them for everyone
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But the faux outrage crew would no doubt all be outraged by this comic and want the comic shut down, if it weren't for the shootings.

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Mumbai Madge - I'm not actually a lady, or from India.... (U3867)
posted 1 minute ago
Just playing devil's advocate here, If an EDL club, or whatever was shot up would IAmEDL trend? Clearly in my opinion it shouldn't but they can say what they want surely, you can't choose whose rights you defend after all.
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Yeah i'd defend their rights to say what they want. Cant speak for others though

posted on 14/1/16

Agreed RR the nuance is lost on a lot of people. However, when the shock value of the distorts the message too much, that most can't understand it, I believe the cartoonist has failed in his job.

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

Admittedly it does require knowing the cartoon within the context of Hebdo's style. Surely a lot of people know they are satirists though after the shooting

posted on 14/1/16

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posted on 14/1/16

comment by Blarmy (U14547)
posted 53 seconds ago
comment by Mumbai Madge - I'm not actually a lady, or from India.... (U3867)
posted 1 minute ago
Just playing devil's advocate here, If an EDL club, or whatever was shot up would IAmEDL trend? Clearly in my opinion it shouldn't but they can say what they want surely, you can't choose whose rights you defend after all.
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Yeah i'd defend their rights to say what they want. Cant speak for others though
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Would you take part in a silly trending hashtag that says I am EDL? By all means defend people's right to say what they like but I doubt it would catch on with a group racist idiots, rightly so in my opinion. Most people have a line they wouldn't cross.

comment by Blarmy (U14547)

posted on 14/1/16

comment by Mumbai Madge - I'm not actually a lady, or from India.... (U3867)
posted 58 seconds ago
comment by Blarmy (U14547)
posted 53 seconds ago
comment by Mumbai Madge - I'm not actually a lady, or from India.... (U3867)
posted 1 minute ago
Just playing devil's advocate here, If an EDL club, or whatever was shot up would IAmEDL trend? Clearly in my opinion it shouldn't but they can say what they want surely, you can't choose whose rights you defend after all.
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Yeah i'd defend their rights to say what they want. Cant speak for others though
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Would you take part in a silly trending hashtag that says I am EDL? By all means defend people's right to say what they like but I doubt it would catch on with a group racist idiots, rightly so in my opinion. Most people have a line they wouldn't cross.
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I dont really use hashtags on twitter tbh

posted on 14/1/16

The hashtag was an example of a form protest/showing support for freedom of speech

posted on 14/1/16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIPD8qHhtVU

posted on 14/1/16

I believe that if all muslims want to run around with Muslamic Ray Guns, then they can.

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