Charlie Hebdo "satrizes" Sinai Plane Crash: Russia are up in arms

No, but if the first thing I said to your friends and family was 'well, I disagree with how he insulted that person's mother', without acknowledging the foul murder that occurred until probed later ('oh well, I also disagree with killing someone for what they say' then that would be pretty suspect and apologist-sounding, which is exactly what a lot of people did during the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

Also, how can you abuse your right to free speech? Are people who self-harm abusing their right to life?

No comments from anyone about the writer being fired for creating satire based on the Jews?

I like how you put satire in quotations as though that's not exactly what it is, satire. You need to learn to tell apart impersonal mockery from actual threats.

And what improvement did Charlie seek from the Russians?

"If it doesn't help it shouldn't exist" - Bore 101

I took objection at your comment that these cartoons were really satire so in the interests of defining whether it really was satire, I queried what improvement Charlie had hoped to achieve in regards to the Russians.

You couldn't think of any.

That is why I placed the term "satire" in quote marks.

So you went straight to the dictionary definition and when you realised it didn't support your viewpoint you went to the wikipedia 'definition' and misread it (:.

I would rather people play constructive roles in society, as opposed to simply lambasting those they see fit to be mocked because of their views.

In the civilized world, there are ways to tell people that their views are wrong, like in a debate for example, but simply printing cartoons for your own amusement is definitely not one of them.

I would understand it if Charlie went after the liberal progressive types with the same enthusiasm that it goes after Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Russians and those who they see as no liberal progressives but it doesn't happen.

I bet you're the life and soul of the party

I would rather people play constructive roles in society, as opposed to simply lambasting those they see fit to be mocked because of their views.

In the civilized world, there are ways to tell people that their views are wrong, like in a debate for example, but simply printing cartoons for your own amusement is definitely not one of them.

I would understand it if Charlie went after the liberal progressive types with the same enthusiasm that it goes after Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Russians and those who they see as no liberal progressives but it doesn't happen.