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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
Writer Michael Ondaatje Boycotts PEN Gala Over Charlie Hebdo Award
The short summary is that Ondaatje and others don't like the publication's shtick and don't agree with giving the publication an honorary award.
tt certainly makes me wonder what free speech means to people and why some opinions are protected and awarded and others are not.
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Well, Ondaatje clearly thinks it is just not nice to poke fun at people who have been busy slaughtering as many of their fellow human beings as they can for the last couple of decades. And who marry off children to adults. And who execute rape victims and homosexuals. And who barricade little girls in a burning school because their dress is too immodest to be seen outside the burning building.
Clearly Charlie Hebdo is attacking something this guy thinks should be celebrated.
I support his right to peacefully express his view, the magazines right to express their view, and our right to either ignore the whole thing or pick a side.