[LGM] should LGM or its site have something to say about Charlie Hebdo?

[Jehan Pagès]

Hi,

I just wanted to make a small comment that, as someone with a French
nationality who lives in France, I really don't like much the ambiance
these last weeks in France since the terror events.

According to some news I read, some people got arrested for saying bad
stuff or drawing caricatures (yes, for drawing caricatures, how
ironic!) on the wrong side (arrested and condemned for "apology of
terrorism"). I don't know exactly what they said or drew (since they
usually don't give the details in the article, and the journalists
themselves may not even know them), and it may have indeed been
horrible (anyway if they really meant that the attacks were something
good, they are probably not people I would like), yet "freedom of
speech" seems deader every day, in the name of this same freedom they
affirm to protect.
Apparently there have already been dozen of people *condemned* for
*words* just in the last few days in France.

All this to say that the whole frenesia around these unfortunate
events lately and the fear they created in people appear to me to have
mainly been used by politicians to just take back some more freedom.
The sad thing is that it feels that this is what happens at each
similar events around the world, whatever the country.

So I am not saying that it is a bad idea to take a stance for freedom
of speech in general, but LGM should be very careful in how they do
it. Doing it with the background of the late events feel like
endorsing all what the governments are trying to do in the name of
these same events. And that's not pretty, I can tell you.

Jehan




On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Camille Bissuel <camille at nylnook.com> wrote:
> Ok, is a text like this one would get your consent ?
>
> " After Paris attacks and killing on Charlie Hebdo and Jews peoples, the
> Libre Graphics Meeting wish to affirm its belief in freedom of speech. Free
> tools are for every artist and individual, and every artist should be free
> to express her or his views, even satirically, whatever religion or
> community she or he belongs to. Fighting for free tools is also fighting for
> free expression and arts.
> We wish for more freedom, and more respects between peoples all over the
> world in a spirit of peace, were we can express ourselves with words and
> arts instead of bullets. "
>
> Please correct me (as you know I'm not a native english speaker !) and
> improve or amend the sentences as you wish.
> By the way, we can open a pad to work on it.
>
> have a nice day,
> Camille
>
>
> 2015-01-17 2:01 GMT+01:00 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>:
>>
>> On 01/16/2015 07:18 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> > On 16 January 2015 at 19:00, Louis Desjardins
>> > <louis.desjardins at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> we can use our own words to express the same idea
>> >
>> >
>> > Which idea, exactly? :) There are a lot floating around :)
>> >
>>
>> I think it's safe to say that Charlie Hebdo doesn't need our support.
>> There is now worldwide and excessively intense interest in the
>> publication, and while I can agree with the idea of free speech in
>> countries where laws permit, this is a connected world where you cannot
>> "fix" attitudes elsewhere:
>>
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30853305
>>
>> Greg
>>
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