Monday, January 19, 2015

Defend liberty with cool refrain

I am not Charlie. I can draw the line at “Free Speech” in this regard as the satirical magazine is sold for profit, not to promote a cause in and of itself. What are they chiefly hoping to advance through one of the most delicate freedoms we hold dear, the freedom of speech? The shock value is not a legitimate defense or cause justifying the means. His magazine's "speech" was not free for the innocent bystanders or shoppers at a racially sensitive market. They paid for his so-called “Free Speech.” It is more like ignorance wholesale to me. Maybe it's cloaked in the manner of the word humor, but it only served to instigate “sleeper cells.” I see this ill-contrived “satire” as not being too different from burning the Quran. Some things are better left unsaid: Why.Who.What.Where?... When lives are at stake. I am an American. I only seek to be sensible and defend the innocent. In this case those who will be hurt as a result of satire leaning too far beyond reproach. Terror is never justified, I can never condone violence as a solution and in a like minded sense I do not support actions of those who only serve to throw a match onto a tinder keg, causing waves of violence as a result, as this publishing scenario in certain ways does infringe on the rights of others. Their sense of moral justice and dignity. Is it funny to cause more pain? Should satire stain? I believe in light of the current atmosphere worldwide it is obscene and a moral outrage. Live and let live, but don’t ask for it. There are unspoken levers to the freedom of speech that must be kept at bay. A namesake, a big cover is not a shield for all who live in the jurisdiction from where it is sold. I do feel sorry for France. I think they are after sustaining something inherently good, but it's in how it's being wielded that creates a loose cannon upon exhibition. The moral to this story: There isn’t one. All people seek an equal sense of belonging and justice of their strongly-held rights and beliefs. These have to be weighed against each other carefully to keep the peace in a civil society. One wrong doesn’t make one right, either way around. It all sickens me.