"I found that image offensive."
So what?
Mehdi Hasan of the Huffington Post wrote:
"I'm writing to you to make a simple request: please stop. You think you're defying the terrorists when, in reality, you're playing into their bloodstained hands by dividing and demonising. Us and them. "
Well it is us and them Mehdi, and I consider you part of us.
"When you say "Je suis Charlie", is that an endorsement of Charlie Hebdo's depiction of the French justice minister, Christiane Taubira, who is black, drawn as a monkey? Of crude caricatures of bulbous-nosed Arabs that must make Edward Said turn in his grave?"
Depicting someone as a monkey purely because they're black is obviously insulting, however, most people chose to ignore it, and if they did take an offence, they probably wrote them a complaint, not storming in with guns and killing them for it.
When I say "Je Suis Charlie" I'm also endorsing the picture of Jesus buggering God.
Just like in the Quran, the bible says we are not to depicted God, yet here they are insulting 6.9 billion Christian's across the world. How many Christian's killed over this cartoon? None.
If you're offended, good! All it means is that you have an opinion. Good for you, but don't use your offence to stop people drawing a cartoon, get over yourself, you're religion is no more important than any other out there.
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