Paris Shooting, will OUR media bow down to Extreme Islam?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:38:42 -0500

Charlie Hebdo Office in Paris Attacked by Gunmen; 12 Killed
Satirical Magazine Targeted in Past for Cartoons on Islam;
Hollande Calls Shooting a Terror Attack

Here are the facts of the case as reported in the WSJ
Updated Jan. 7, 2015 10:07 p.m. ET

PARIS—Masked gunmen stormed the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing at least a dozen people and decimating a newsroom that long took pride in defying the outrage—and death threats—stirred by its caricatures lampooning Islam.

The rampage shocked a nation that has been living in dread of reprisal attacks since joining the fight against Islamist insurgents in Africa and the Middle East. The attack—by gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles—triggered an outpouring of public anger at home and expressions of solidarity from around the world.

Cherif Kouachi, 32, at left, and his brother Said Kouachi, 34, are wanted in connection with an attack at a satirical weekly in the French capital that killed at least 12 people. ENLARGE
Cherif Kouachi, 32, at left, and his brother Said Kouachi, 34, are wanted in connection with an attack at a satirical weekly in the French capital that killed at least 12 people. FRENCH POLICE/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
Three suspects, all Frenchmen, were identified late Wednesday, a police officer said. They are Said Kouachi, 34 years old; his brother Cherif Kouachi, 32; and 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad.

Mr. Mourad turned himself in to police, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. French police released photos of the two other suspects, appealing to the public for information.

French authorities deployed a vast dragnet to search for the suspects. As part of the manhunt, special forces were mobilized Wednesday night in the city of Reims, about 100 miles east of Paris, to search an apartment, said the officer.

What are you thoughts on this terrorism...incite fear...retaliation...revenge Muhammad...is it really worth killing innocent people over satire? Or is this the seriousness that we will soon all have to deal with. If a school doesn't allow a student to wear a burqa, will the face retaliation from a crazy extremist group?
If so, then anytime they want something, all they have to do is kill, defile, murder, rape and our laws will change to keep them happy.

Question is, is there a cure for extremism? If so, what is it? I think we as a nation shouldn't be bargaining with the form of extremism...but the patterns and behaviors of the local authorities say otherwise. Are we too bigoted against Muslims?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 7 at 2015 11:34 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:34:15 -0500

I hope not... the worst reaction ever is to give in... that is why they do what they do... it is a tactic for they to use to try and hurt others as well as enforce their will on others...

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2015 7:40 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 07:40:31 -0500

I think they will, especially once the bullets start flying here in the homeland.

This is obviously a tragedy and it demonstrates the brutality of Jihadists. It also demonstrates that their tactics, such as beheadings, and now this targeted wiping out of the editorial staff of a French magazine, tend to work. They are terrorists and they are terrorizing.

It will be interesting to see if "Charlie Hebdo" comes back and continues as it was.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2015 2:55 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:55:44 -0500

Sorry, I thought that was a rhetorical question. Of course our (mostly leftist) media will be on one knee before the terrorists. For the most part they have given up the right to be considered legitimate news sources when more often than not their stories are influenced by their oppinions and beliefs. I wish there was a major news source here in America that was completely straight shootin', just the facts and pulled no punches. I do believe that would get a large enough following by Americans both left and right of center to possibly influence the current mainstream media to follow their lead.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 8 at 2015 3:38 PM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:38:16 -0500

They already have. Many news outlets are self-censoring the images that provoked this attack.

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jan 8 at 2015 5:15 PM

Capt Richard I P. — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:15:55 -0500

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member Much of our media tends to scare easy when it comes to death threats. Some of them might stand up, but I wouldn't expect it broadly.

There is a cure for extremism, and it is freedom. Governments that protect the life, liberty and property of their citizens generally don't develop much extremism, because in a freemarket competition of ideas extremism tends to lose. extremists ACTS, ones that threaten the life liberty of property of our citizens are justly answered by force.

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Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 18 at 2015 12:17 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:17:58 -0500

Considering that it has gone worse over there, after the bowing down, and our leader diplomat, johnny ketchup kerry stating "there was a rational" for the charlie hebdo attack, and not proclaim radical islam threat is very telling. It seems the crazy leftwing nutjobd liberals can't seem to have any good basis to defend gun free zones and little munition to mask terrorism with their usual "racist islamophobe" comments