That's the line springing up all over France just hours after the attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo. It is a cry of rage against any attempt to stifle free expression, and a cry that should be taken up around the world.
Attacks on journalism are happening all the time: right now three Al Jazeera journos are languishing in Egyptian jails, serving lengthy sentences for the sole reason that the Egyptian leadership has fallen out with the Qataris because they support the Muslim Brotherhood, an organisation now banned in Egypt. Elsewhere, ISIS has been offing reporters every time they find them..
Meanwhile in Germany anti-"Islamisation" demonstrations are attracting thousands of supporters, to the acute consternation of others apparently. For me it was such a great moment when the lights of Cologne Cathedral went out as the demonstration began, almost if that venerable building was hiding its face from the spectacle.
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