Charlie Hebdo Guilt

Charlie: The Guilt in Speech and Bullets
We, the people from different cultures and societies, live in a complex world. Thus, the conflicts between individuals, as well as ethnically and religiously diverse groups are inevitable. A fresh example of such memorable ethnical, cultural and moral incident was the event from January 7th 2015 in Paris. On that day two Islamists men invaded the office of the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” and killed twelve members of the weekly periodical. Why the excessive violence and barbarity one may ask? As it was stated later in the media the terrorists attacked the office because the cartoonists released, on several occasions, cartoons with the Prophet Muhammad (depicting him in an improper for the believers

This term means that an individual is free to express one’s (political) opinion and ideas. On one hand, in order for a society to be free of any tyranny and to have a real democracy, it is necessary that “freedom of expression” exists. For example, a journalist must be free to express his opinion about a political leader or political movement without asking for permission or bearing any negative consequences. However, the situation is not the same if religious or cultural principles are involved. As it was mention earlier in the text, the magazine Charlie Hebdo published on several occasion cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. In one of the drawings he was depicted with a bomb that was ready to explode. In this way, the editors alluded that every Islamist is a possible terrorist which is not only rude but also racist. Although a journalist is free to express his ideas and opinion, it is not appropriate if one involves different cultures and religious in his work because some people may feel

The same people base their expression on the notion that the Islamic religion has been seriously offended by the French journal Charlie Hebdo. Most of the defenders are from the Islamic world. From one hand, the terrorist were defending their religion, values and moral principles. One may argue that since their religious principles, values and prophets were harmed (more specifically the Prophet Muhammad), the Islamic gunmen were defending their believes and weren’t mindlessly killing people. However, our societies are developed enough as to resolve such a conflict without the need to kill people and to inflict panic and terror. The manifested barbarity of the terrorists doesn’t belong to our century. Such cruelty may be appropriate in medieval times, where the laws and the political systems weren’t as complicated and evolved as they are in our