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@Mac, We live in a free country*, and everybody has a right to be a douche or a hater. People have a right to be offended at that too, call that person an idiot, or ignore the things they say, but nobody has the right to be violent about it or physically or mentally abuse them or whatever (That said, I don't consider any form of satire as a real mental abuse, I meant, like, mental torture and stuff. It's just a gosh-darn comic strip, isn't it?). The murderers definitely crossed that line, big time.
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I'm inclined to state I don't believe it's just a comic strip, there's a little bit too much venom behind the images they published, a little bit too much politicizing an offensive depiction of Islam. You're free to disagree with me obviously, I just feel like much of what Charlie Hebdo published was seeking an audience of Nationalistic, or perhaps Xenophobic, people. What troubles me is that it wasn't exactly a niche rag, it reflects an attitude of what could be called Islamophobia in certain parts of the world.
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Frankly, I think that's one of the reasons, but not everybody has that ability (of course I have it, as I'm obviously cool and liked by everybody kind of guy), or just decide to come totally serious. Nep's posts were clearly emotional, and he meant no harm. We shouldn't belittle his point just because he's saying it in a not-totally-mature way .
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I don't think Nep's at fault here, I just wanted an excuse to post my big fat opinions and he gave me one. I should also note I value being entertaining more than coming across as reasonable (if that wasn't obvious, get some eyeballs).
The worst thing I can say about Nepsotic in this situation is that he's misinformed, and that's kind of a good thing because it gave us an opportunity to show him why thinking that way can be to his detriment, I guess. If you feel like I was calling you out personally Nep, I apologize. My target was the gross generalizations made about Muslims done by people worldwide.