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The attack on Charlie Hebdo is an attack on freedom

<i>Shocking violence is the resort of the desperate</i>

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

10 January 2015

9:00 AM

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo lambasts, attacks and lampoons absolutely everybody. Its targets include all religions, all identity groups, minorities and majorities. In recent years it has been most prominent for its refusal to apply different treatment to Islam. It knew that carrying on with satire, in the name of free expression, carried a real danger — its office in Paris was firebombed three years ago on account of this, and it still carried on with its irreverence.

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