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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I am sure it suits the extremists and terrorists just fine to increase publication. They want to bring the fight to as many fronts as possible. I see their attacks, including the one on Charlie Hebdo, less as a silencing tactic and more of an invitation to escalate. Increasing publication just feeds into that.
The best response is for everyone to go about their business like they did a week ago. If people/media were not going to publish the images on January 6th because they are in bad taste, then they shouldn't today just out of spite. Changing our behavior at all gives them power.
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The problem with this is that western media is already self sensoring to an alarming degree. The Herald is an excellent example. "Je suis Charlie", my ass. In my view, they are not reprinting out of fear, not out of a sense of deeming the material offensive. The new cover posted above is a perfect example that should be used in the fight for free speech. We should not give in.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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