“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.”
-Oscar Wilde
All that can be said has been said. As an independent publication, free speech to us is the most important, sacred aspect of our daily lives. We would not exist, we would not deliver, and, arguably, as truth-fighters, we would have less of a reason to exist if not for this inalienable right. Nothing like the freedom to express - even if that means inviting others to insult - binds this civilization so strongly. Nothing can atone for this multiethnic bloodbath that attempted to nip at our strongest principal. Nothing will erase the pain felt across many groups. France, we are with you.
(The pictures say: 'I am Charlie' (after the Charlie Hebdo attacks), 'I am Ahmed' (after the heinously killed Muslim police officer in the attack), and 'I am Jew' (after the subsequent attack on a predominantly Jewish supermarket in Vincennes).
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