• Massive unity rally possibly numbered at 1 million for Charlie Hebdo to proceed this sunday in Paris
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[QUOTE][B]French President to take part in a major republican unity rally organized in memory of the victims of the recent terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.[/B]WASHINGTON, January 10 (Sputnik) – French President [URL="http://sputniknews.com/tags/person_Francois_Hollande/"]Francois Hollande[/URL] has invited European leaders to march with him Sunday in Paris in a major republican unity rally organized in memory of the victims of the recent terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine. "I've accepted President Hollande's invitation to join the Unity Rally in Paris this Sunday — celebrating the values behind [URL="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CharlieHebdo&src=tyah"]#CharlieHebdo[/URL]," British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote on his Twitter page Friday. Other leaders who have reportedly confirmed their willingness to participate in the march include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy, as well as President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told BFM-TV Friday that "massive" security measures will be taken in Paris as well as other major French cities where similar rallies are expected to take place.[URL="http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150110/1016731195.html"] [/QUOTE] http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150110/1016731195.html[/URL] Unfortunately, I could only find info on it being possibly numbered at a million from a BBC tweet: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lebwaNi.png[/IMG]
For some reason Ukraine's president Poroshenko is also coming.
I read a quite interesting blog post on the Charlie Hebdo thing. Don't kill the messenger or whatever, I'm just sharing. [URL]http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/in-the-wake-of-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-does-not-mean-freedom-from-criticism/[/URL]
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46897917]For some reason Ukraine's president Poroshenko is also coming.[/QUOTE] And? They probably invited every leader in Europe who's not on their shit list.
[QUOTE=download;46897948]And? They probably invited every leader in Europe who's not on their shit list.[/QUOTE] A huge contribution to being a populist on his side. Every day his country sees the same amount of deaths as the charlie hebdoo attack. Looks like a great gesture to show his electorate "Look I am European", while not taking European actions in his country.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46897973]A huge contribution to being a populist on his side. Every day his country sees the same amount of deaths as the charlie hebdoo attack. Looks like a great gesture to show his electorate "Look I am European", while not taking European actions in his country.[/QUOTE] Why are going off-topic with your own personal issue and why are you blaming a man for having to deal with something he didn't even start? Anyway, Portugal's PM is going too. Hoping some dipshit doesn't try to do anything funny but after what happened, security in France must be insanely high.
[QUOTE]Other leaders who have reportedly confirmed their willingness to participate in the march include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy, as well as President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.[/QUOTE] Swiss president Simonetta Sommaruga too.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46897973]A huge contribution to being a populist on his side. Every day his country sees the same amount of deaths as the charlie hebdoo attack. Looks like a great gesture to show his electorate "Look I am European", while not taking European actions in his country.[/QUOTE] Shut up. This is not about Ukraine or Russia.
Romania's german president is also coming
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46897973]A huge contribution to being a populist on his side. Every day his country sees the same amount of deaths as the charlie hebdoo attack. Looks like a great gesture to show his electorate "Look I am European", while not taking European actions in his country.[/QUOTE] This is about unity and solidarity and a totally different issue altogether.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;46897973]A huge contribution to being a populist on his side. Every day his country sees the same amount of deaths as the charlie hebdoo attack. Looks like a great gesture to show his electorate "Look I am European", while not taking European actions in his country.[/QUOTE] Ukraine's problems at this point with the war and the rebels are [i]all[/i] thanks to Russia's meddling, [i]your[/i] country's meddling. Poroshenko meanwhile has somehow managed to actually run a decent government, holding out defiantly for its sovereignty and territorial integrity. He's got every right to go to Paris and be a part of this.
Can we please just hold off the Russia-Ukraine relations for the moment. This isn't even about these 2 countries at the moment, ffs.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvrXuAxkLao[/url] What is with this?
What if this was the plan? To gather lots of people in one place and then put some suicide bombers in between those people?
[QUOTE=VikCreamCake;46897941]I read a quite interesting blog post on the Charlie Hebdo thing. Don't kill the messenger or whatever, I'm just sharing. [URL]http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/in-the-wake-of-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-does-not-mean-freedom-from-criticism/[/URL][/QUOTE] Okay this article goes straight into victim blaming on the premise that being white and depicting Islam in the manner they did was racist and wrong.
Also, this just came up. The brother of the slain policeman caught on camera speaking. Its heart-breaking to see him breakdown [video=youtube;kHuCDqP-zU4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHuCDqP-zU4[/video]
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;46898174]Can we please just hold off the Russia-Ukraine relations for the moment. This isn't even about these 2 countries at the moment, ffs.[/QUOTE] Hey, Russia started it.
[QUOTE=VikCreamCake;46897941]I read a quite interesting blog post on the Charlie Hebdo thing. Don't kill the messenger or whatever, I'm just sharing. [URL]http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/in-the-wake-of-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-does-not-mean-freedom-from-criticism/[/URL][/QUOTE] I like how they claim the staff was white when the copy-editor was a Muslim himself. These people do not really understand that French satire revels in being as hamfisted and over the top as possible. Additionally, Charlie Hebdo punched out at everyone and everything and frequently made fun of themselves as well. Basically, fuck this blog post. One could even use it as an example of American cultural imperialism: "We think this is wrong ergo this is wrong in all countries!"
This thing has rallied half the Western world together. Its grim yet impressive.
[QUOTE=VikCreamCake;46897941]I read a quite interesting blog post on the Charlie Hebdo thing. Don't kill the messenger or whatever, I'm just sharing. [URL]http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2015/01/in-the-wake-of-charlie-hebdo-free-speech-does-not-mean-freedom-from-criticism/[/URL][/QUOTE] Killing someone isn't criticism, it's killing someone. Moreover, one can voice support for a person's right to free speech while still disagreeing with what they are saying.
I think this whole back fired un the prick's who murdered these people
I'm worried about this. I'm really worried about this. :/
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