Archive for 7 janvier 2015
Charlie, the next generation [cover]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags 7 janvier 2015, anniversary, birthday cake, Charlie Hebdo, cover, France, freedom of religion or belief, freedom of speech, fundamentalism, high school, Je suis Charlie, religions, terrorism on January 7, 2025 by xi'an
Charlie, unflappable [cover]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags 7 janvier 2015, caricature, Charlie Hebdo, cover, end blasphemy laws, freedom of press, freedom of religion or belief, fundamentalism, Je suis Charlie, religions on January 7, 2025 by xi'an
Charlie, ten years later [cover]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures with tags 7 janvier 2015, Charlie Hebdo, cover, freedom of religion or belief, fundamentalism, Je suis Charlie, Libé, religions on January 7, 2025 by xi'an
Charlie, the jogger, the killer, and the journalist
Posted in Books, Running with tags 7 janvier 2015, Cabu, caricature, Charlie Hebdo, end blasphemy laws, freedom of speech, industrial statistics, intellectual freedom, Je suis Charlie, Paris killings, tribunal on October 3, 2020 by xi'an
The trial of the suspects of the Charlie Hebdo killings of 7 January 2015 (and of the subsequent days) has started several weeks ago, involving people accused of helping the main culprits, who died on 9 January. In the long flow of witnesses and victims, a case remains a mystery, the shooting of a random runner in Fontenay-aux-Roses, on the first evening with the same weapon used two days later by the Hyper Casher killer. The runner survived the shooting, despite all odds, but one sees no other motive in the attack than a ghastly real-scale testing of the weapon, as he has no connection with the journal, with the killers or with the accused… The trial also brings a stark reminder that the survivors of Charlie are still living under permanent police protection, having to give up part of their freedom to keep up publishing the journal. As sadly illustrated by the recent exfiltration of Marika Bret from her flat following specific death threats. To quote the late Cabu, dur d’être aimé par des cons…
c’est reparti ! [bis]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Running with tags 7 janvier 2015, Charlie Hebdo, end blasphemy laws, freedom of expression, freedom of press, freedom of speech, Paris, Rationality on September 25, 2020 by xi'an
