Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jj2 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People have the right to offend. And to be > > offended. > > By the way Charlie Hebdo cover of today is a > great > > exapmle of courage and resiliance, without > being > > blatantly provocative in my opinion. > > > It's not at all "blatantly provocative", to most > of us it's just a silly cartoon of a Muslim man. > If IS find it offensive I couldn?t care less, they > need to be offended. > > My worry about the whole thing is that there are > lots of young men both in France, here and other > countries, who feel pretty disaffected already. > This, at a volatile time, could be just enough to > tip them over the edge and make them do something > silly like going off to join IS, or doing > something silly themselves. > > That is why I don't think it should be published, > not because I find it offensive, but because the > timing sucks. > > There are a million other covers they could have > used this week which could have shown defiance > without using that image. Well put Otta