Latest Charlie Hebdo Cartoon

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's Charlie Hebdo's style. You may like it or not, but it's rather clear what their standpoint is.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Even after reading your replies ... OK, I sort of see the point to the first cartoon after the explanations -- large sections of the (at least eastern and British) European public actually believe that to be the case -- even if I don't accept that this public would ever much be swayed by 'satire'.

The second is still a pure non-sequitur. Baffling, really.

I'd say it's taking the (moronic) idea that refugees come to Europe because they feel entitled to the West's level of material comfort by showing that the dead kid's goal was to get a McDonald's Happy Meal (instead of, you know, not dying from war/starvation).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Even after reading your replies ... OK, I sort of see the point to the first cartoon after the explanations -- large sections of the (at least eastern and British) European public actually believe that to be the case -- even if I don't accept that this public would ever much be swayed by 'satire'.

The second is still a pure non-sequitur. Baffling, really.

I'd say it's taking the (moronic) idea that refugees come to Europe because they feel entitled to the West's level of material comfort by showing that the dead kid's goal was to get a McDonald's Happy Meal (instead of, you know, not dying from war/starvation).

I really doubt this. As I said, Charlie Hebdo is pretty consistently in favor of unrestricted immigration.

That's the point. It's called irony.

FTR, I am a subscriber to Charlie Hebdo.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Charlie Hedbo remains annoying, I see. Too bad people will keep puffing them up because they provoked the bear that attacked them.

Oh, so you're still a dick. It's nice to see some things never change in this chaotic world.

[Antonio the Sixth]

They can say what they want, and they have a right not to be killed. But I have the freedom not to like their content and not to care what happens to them.

Normal human beings don't need to agree with a person in order to care when said person gets brutally murdered. There's a little thing you might have heard about, it's called empathy.