Fighting Charlie Hebdo With the Mighty Pen, Not the Sword

IT IS FRIGHTENING, every time some idiot claiming to be a Moslem commits mass murder, the reaction of american conservatives. First, they want to blame it on the entire Islamic religion, which is an absolutely horrible idea. They try to claim that all Moslems harbor ill will towards the U.S. of A., merely because it IS the U.S. of A., wealthy, free, content. Pure jealousy, nothing else. As if the attack, invasion, conquest, and occupation of Islamic countries by the United States has nothing at all with anti-American anger waxing violent. Currently our brilliant American conservatives are busily condeming Obama for not going to France, as if they even really care, and ridiculing the Paris police for not carrying guns. Reminding them that Obama probably has good reasons for what he does, and that the Paris police probably do and do not carry whatever thay do and do not carry for good reason, does absolutely no good. But, alas. Most of the world, and probably most of the Islamic world, is united in favor of freedom of expression, and that's a good thing. The French magazine might do well to learn the subtle art of satirical humor, to learn how it is best, most effective, when it is understated, rather than thrown in people's faces. We all inspire humor within others merely by our actions, and one need only hint at those actions to trigger laughter. One needn't engage in groos exaggeration, distortion, and outright slander. Let the magazine reader create his own thoughts. and fill in his own blanks! Anyone wanting to get even with the French magazine for slandering Islam, Mohammed, or whatever its slander of the week happens to be, need only respond in kind to be effective and to get even. Charlie Hebdo is very easy to make fun of, because Charlie Hebdo is every bit as sanctimonious, self righteous, ridiculous, and obnoxious as anybody it ever ridiculed. Come forth with your own cartoons, angry Islamic terrorists, and put the Kalashnikov forty sevens down! Show a cartoon of the editor of Charlie Hebdo making sexual fun of the prophet on paper, while simultaneously being fallatiotically serviced by a fellow magazine staffer - or, something of the sort. The pen is mightier than the sword.