Sad Paris
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Kill twelve
Kill thousands
Kill me
Speech must remain free
or there is no democracy
Je suis Charlie
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Je Suis Charlie
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beautifully said
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the most evocative image of all that I saw was the cartoon of Charlie Brown weeping with his head in his hands, and the caption, “je suis Charlie”
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I saw that. Incredibly moving.
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Poetry perfection Tilly. Nous sommes Charlie. I have been thinking of you my dear friend. xoxox
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And I you.
I have started trying to catch up.
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Hooray!
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Well said. Je Suis Charlie.
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This is beautiful. You’ve captured our feelings.
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Absolutely!
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such sad times we are living in right now. I swear these extremists will not be content until the whole world walks in fear. And if that isn’t reason enough to convince others NOT to follow them: I don’t know what it is. Anything that wants you gagged and kneeling in fear; is not a good thing.
We are all Charlie.
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Yes – well said. Such barbarism.
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I think that the only way to beat terrorism is to not react the way these monsters want us to and let them divide our multicultural society.
Family Kiwidutch have good Muslim friends as well as Buddhist, Hindu, and Christian ones.
All of these are wonderful, decent human beings who are equally appalled at every event apparently done in “their name”.
NONE of them deserve to be tarred with the same brush and especially our Muslim friends at this moment need confirmation from their non Muslim friends that we don’t in any way “blame” them personally and that we DO realise that 99.9999% of Muslim people are NOT terrorists, but law abiding people who just happen to practice a different faith and are just as appalled at what’s happened in Paris (and other places) where innocent people have been murdered.
Freedom of speech and good relationships between cultures and religions are just important to them as it is to us.
Je suis Charlie.
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I agree with all that you say; but it is important that those appalled by the acts of Islamist terrorists say so, especially high-profile Muslims. Much of the anger against Muslims in this country is caused by their silence on such atrocities. The more Muslims who speak out, the less likely they are to be blamed. The right to free speech includes the duty to speak.
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