From now on, no more Mr. Wise Guy

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Tuesday, January 13. 2015

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Editor’s note: As I struggled with how to write about my feelings regarding the Charlie Hedbo/kosher market attacks in Paris, I stumbled across this piece by syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts. Though I seldom agree with Pitts, he is dead on target this time. His work appears weekly at ajc.com.

Dear Terrorists: OK, you win. We surrender.

Never thought I’d say that, but then, I never thought I’d see gunmen burst into the offices of a satirical magazine as happened last Wednesday in Paris. Never thought I’d see 12 people killed — most were employees, two were police officers — because a magazine published provocative cartoons mocking extremist Islam.

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#1 Tom Payne on 01/15/15 at 07:42 PM

Terrific post! Thanks for sharing this.

#2 Somebody's Grandma on 01/20/15 at 10:26 AM

From the Notepad++ web site, despite being hacked earlier this month by Islamist hackers:

"Freedom of expression is like the air we breathe, we don't feel it, until people take it away from us.

For this reason, Je suis Charlie, not because I endorse everything they published, but because I cherish the right to speak out freely without risk even when it offends others.
And no, you cannot just take someone's life for whatever he/she expressed.

Hence this "Je suis Charlie" edition.
- #JeSuisCharlie"

Or who can forget Winston Churchill's "NEVER GIVE IN"

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