We are right to mourn the savage deaths of the journalists at Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris yesterday. It was an attack on free speech, as Francois Hollande declared, and so an attack on democratic values. People wearing t-shirts or carrying signs saying ‘Je Suis Charlie’ are indicating their unambiguous support for the rights […]
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Thoughts on the Paris assault
When a dramatic and bloody event occurs such as the killings in Paris of twelve people today, the general reaction is to see it as a single event, mindless and devoid of motivation. It’s also been my experience that for someone to suggest that the event has other dimensions besides a mindless and murderous assault is […]