Danziger: Wait! Look! A man with a pencil.

[madfloridian]

From Huffington Post.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. K&R!

[madfloridian]

3. You don't kill 12 people because you feel insulted by a cartoon.

I have seen so many today excusing this on the grounds of hurt feelings. No way does that excuse mass murder ever.

[Renew Deal]

4. I agree

I think these guys would use any excuse to kill people. The cartoon was the latest one.

[madfloridian]

5. So what if the cartoonist poked fun. That is what cartoonists do. You don't kill them for it.

[blue neen]

6. Unfortunately, that is what terrorists do-----

kill them for cartoons or any other puny excuse that they can come up with. The terrorists want to be in control and have all the power. No free speech, no freedom of religion, no education, no rights for women.

It's sick, and revolting, and frightening. I feel so bad for the slaughtered peoples' loved ones---and for all of France.

[Violet_Crumble]

7. I've been reading all day and haven't seen anyone excusing it.

Where have you been reading that? It'd be a weird world if hurt feelings was considered justification for brutally murdering innocent people.

[madfloridian]

8. Mostly twitter, a few here.

Mostly the theme I mention has been that the cartoonist was ridiculing islam too much. We can agree or disagree on that part, but some have taken empathy a little too far IMO.

I probably didn't word it well so late at night.

[Violet_Crumble]

10. Ah, I gave up on Twitter coz I'm a long-winded person...

That's cool. I sometimes post things early in the morning before my wake up cuppa and go back and read and think I didn't word it well. fwiw, I agree with you on the theme yr talking about with the cartoonist ridiculing Islam too much. From what I've seen of the publication it's a less funny version of South Park or Family Guy and takes swipes at everything.

[madfloridian]

11. I lost 5 followers within minutes after I posted this Je Suis Charlie tweet from Amnesty Intl.

https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/552891202983309313

[Violet_Crumble]

12. They're not followers worth having...

If I was on Twitter I would have retweeted it for sure.

[Rex]

16. Right, you kill 12 people because you belong to a dangerous cult

that believes in religious laws over free speech. These radical groups didn't kill over feelings - they killed because their insane laws tell them to kill anyone that would dis their prophet.

Of course this makes it very hard for the secular groups (that are Muslim) that aren't fanatics and would never kill someone over insane religious laws. If they were not broad brushed with these cults before, they will be now.

[dissentient]

9. Stop this hate speech! How dare you insult "the prophet", or his devout followers!

[SoapBox]

13. And don't foget the virgins!

Fundie wackos.

[Gothmog]

14. Great cartoon

[madfloridian]

15. ......

Agreed.