Posted on 01/07/2015 9:41:33 AM PST by mojito
“I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.” –Stephane “Charb” Charbonnier (1967 – 2015), publisher, Charlie Hebdo.
On Wednesday morning, the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo was once again targeted by violent jihadists for the crime of depicting in print the image of the Prophet Mohammed.
According to initial reports, three gunmen killed 10 magazine staffers and two police officers who responded to the shooting.
The magazine’s offices were firebombed in 2011 after it initially published cartoons depicting Mohammed, one of a string of attacks retaliating against predominately European publications that dared to “blaspheme.”
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Now I’ll be forced to put my disdain for all things French on hold, temporarily at least!
French are no better nor worse than anyone else.
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