The
barbaric attacks on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo just
reminded us all of the following key fact.
More than bullets, guns, mortars, cannons, air strikes, or “boots on the
ground,” the forces of tyranny, intolerance and darkness fear the pen. While the use of police, soldiers and all
forms of lethal military force have little psychological effect on these mindless
fanatics other than to make them look forward to “martyrdom,” it’s the threat
of ridicule that has the murderous rats quaking in their blood-stained
boots. Those who would enslave us all in
the name of religion fear only our scorn, derision and laughter.
Let’s
let them have some more of that. Plenty
more.
Read the post below. Enjoy it.
Laugh out loud. Share it with your friends. Find other satirical posts like it—they’re
out there. Share them, too.
Today
I added the French words “Je suis Charlie” to my blog, Facebook, and Twitter
account headers. I urge every person who
craves freedom and who despises the forces of religious enslavement--especially if you are a journalist, writer, news consumer or reader-- to do the same and then, having done so, to celebrate it and to urge others to do likewise.
--Forrest Carr
Je suis Charlie
“Interview
with a Martyr”
Gloomberg News Service
for immediate broadcast
It’s been one year since Taliban
operative Hassan al-Libi blew himself up in a suicide bombing attack in
Afghanistan, killing more than 30 men, women, and children. Recently al-Libi sat down with Gloomberg News
reporter Rip N. Reed for an exclusive interview.
Gloomberg News: Mr. al-Libi, thanks for agreeing to sit
down with us today. May I call you
Hassan?
Hassan
al-Libi: Certainly.
