Sigbold wrote:
There is a rhetorical question I have been asking myself the last few days. Would those now stating 'Je suis Charlie' have responded in the same way, if it where for example Brigitte Bardot and close friends of her who had been gunned down.
It could be ... but I find it just as assinine as calling myself Charlie. I do understand what they mean by it, but I find it ridiculous to identify myself that way.
It's a bit like that stupid protest in the 90's "Ik ben woedend" (I am furious), against the attacks on Turks in Germany. Of course it was wrong what happened, but why should the Dutch rally against the German government when we had the same crap going on in Holland as well?
What I actually want to know: what does it mean to people when they say 'je suis Charlie'? Is it just a way to express their sympathy and mourn the dead? Or do they support what Charlie Hebdo stood for (satire/Freedom of speech)? Or maybe something else?
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