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Originally Posted by Phogg
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.
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This is twaddle. Implying that Ondaatje approves of locking people in burning buildings is juvenile rhetoric, and makes a farce of your following paragraph.