AP: 12 Dead in Terror Attack on Paris Newspaper

[_subgenius]

by the way, I disagree with killing those who poke fun. Sometimes it is good to nip situations in the bud, such as BYU did with taking action before the Maxwell Institute could become more radicalized. Let's Trey Parker and Matt Stone breath easier at night.

http://nypost.com/2011/02/12/killer-zoo ... re-attack/
Christmas day, 2007, San Francisco.
A Siberian tiger was being taunted by a man...who was eventually killed by said tiger, then this same tiger escaped eventually to be killed by authorities.

In this primary situation, a normal and reasonable person would not "blame" the tiger per se, but would rather say something about the "taunter" like - "that idiot, he asked for it".
Kinda like the old story about the scorpion and the frog.

So, what is the real difference here?
I mean, i often comment to my children about crossing the street in a bold and entitled manner - sure, you have the right of way and engaging in a game of chicken with a moving vehicle is admirable...and you would surely have the law on your side....but you would still have been hit by a multi-ton vehicle.

So, what is the gain here?....what value is in "taunting"?....if it is preaching to the choir then to what end is that? (i cannot rationalize how 'taunting' would be beneficial to the taunt-ee)

So, yes - the tiger was a bit excessive in its reaction, but the taunting man surely was aware of the dangers involved...which makes the conclusion of his taunting less than a sympathetic tragedy and more of a mockable tragedy.

Do not misunderstand my position, i am not attempting to condone the violent actions of the tiger or the islamic radicals....but the freedom to touch a scorpion does not merit an expression of outrage and a call for sympathy when that scorpion stings you.

So, the smart man does not provoke, taunt, or mock the scorpion...the smart man promptly squashes it underfoot.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

So, the smart man does not provoke, taunt, or mock the scorpion...the smart man promptly squashes it underfoot.

So instead of taunting Kim Jang-un with lame-ass flicks like The Interview, the US should "promptly" nuke North Korea. Riiiiight.

Sentiments like this make me wish the right to keep and bear arms was a privilege and not an individual liberty. I say this as a gun owner and a concealed carry permit holder.

[_subgenius]

So, the smart man does not provoke, taunt, or mock the scorpion...the smart man promptly squashes it underfoot.

So instead of taunting Kim Jang-un with lame-ass flicks like The Interview, the US should "promptly" nuke North Korea. Riiiiight.

Sentiments like this make me wish the right to keep and bear arms was a privilege and not an individual liberty. I say this as a gun owner and a concealed carry permit holder.

i have never owned a gun nor a gun permit....nor is there a gun in our home.
My wife has a Marine Mameluke though, a gift upon her leaving her beloved Corps.

So, forgiving your blatant missing of the point...i know, i know - there are a lot of trees in that forest - and to be fair i mixed the metaphors in a manner that simple minded folk might struggle to find the intellectual coherence...we can assume that North Korea is not really a scorpion, but perhaps more like the caged tiger....jihadist are more akin to the scorpion.

Nevertheless, the point being...Hebdo was rather like the frog...shocked at being stung by the scorpion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farmer_and_the_Viper

http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/884

[_The Erotic Apologist]

...we can assume that North Korea is not really a scorpion, but perhaps more like the caged tiger....jihadist are more akin to the scorpion.

This is what we like to call a distinction without a difference, since your solution to the scorpion problem is this:

How can France best cope with its Muslims without compromising the ideals of Western Democracy?

problem solved!

[_subgenius]

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris- ... rs-n285011
A Pakistani cleric has held funerals for Chérif and Saïd Kouachi, the Islamist terrorist brothers behind the Charlie Hebdo magazine massacre.

"Today we feel so proud to attend the funeral of our brothers," said cleric Allama Pir Mohammad Chishti after leading the funeral in absentia in the city of Peshawar. "They are heroes of Islam. They laid down their lives but eliminated those published caricatures of our Prophet Muhammad."

Flowers are placed in front of a banner bearing the names of the Charlie Hebdo attackers at their funeral in absentia in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

That's nice. Are you going to nuke them too, subby?

[_subgenius]

That's nice. Are you going to nuke them too, subby?

Sure, why not?
Now bask in my consistency and be jealous

[_The Erotic Apologist]

That's nice. Are you going to nuke them too, subby?

Sure, why not?

That's not nice, subby. Go to your room.

Now bask in my consistency and be jealous

Your surrender is duly noted.

[_ludwigm]

Some reverberation:

[#img] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7L--aNCIAAOhJl.png[/img]

At first glance, this looks like a historic photograph. It depicts 40 world leaders, dressed in black, arms linked, marching through Paris in a show of solidarity with a 1.6 million French people and the remaining staff of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Except, look at little closer. See anyone missing? The most powerful women in the Western world, perhaps?

That’s right. All the women, present in the original image, have been edited out.


Israeli newspaper The Announcer (HaMevaser) ...
The women removed are German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and EU foreign affairs and security chief Frederica Mogherini. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has been cropped, so that only her hand remains in shot, on the picture’s far left.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens ... cture.html