Sticks and Stones Hurt. Words Don't.

Last Thursday, three known, well-trained terrorists flawlessly attacked and killed one police officer and eleven employees of the Charlie Hebdo comic headquarters in Paris, France. To top it all off, they calmly drove away and hijacked a car with only but one currently verified witness. That has to be one of the most successful terrorist attacks that I have ever heard of. But enough praise for needless murder. These three men killed to avenge the founder of the Muslim faith, Muhammad, who was mocked by a series of satirical images of Charlie Hebdo. If someone were to mock God with comics going out across the world (but viewed by few), then I would get a bit mad too, but certainly not enough to murder people! Murder of innocent people is wrong no matter which way you look at it. Murderers need to receive extra punishment, not extra protection of religion under the law. They don’t have special privileges to go against the law, which allows by the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the U.N. Universal Declaration of Rights for the harmless freedom of speech. No one does, especially because of something as insignificant as a comic strip. 

Freedom of Speech
Not as bad as you think

The omission of freedom of speech will soon catch up to bite hard in the end. Without freedom of speech, endeared by many, I predict war for the deprivation of this certain quality. For example, if we took away the freedom of speech of the LGBT community, you can bet that either unofficial/unlawful secret relationships will transpire or the people will riot near numerous government buildings until their rights are returned. We've seen the latter occur already, but what would it look like if every LGBT took up the cause? Scary. Freedom of speech is necessary so that awareness of hot topics or danger such as terrorists become known and people will know how to handle these situations in the most economically effective ways possible.

After the massacre, various news sites such as ABC and MSNBC reporting the attack have censored the Charlie Hebdo comics to avoid stirring up additional terrorist rage and future attacks. But terrorists will kill at any time for any reason. Censorship is a form of apology, and this may only slow down the attacks but never abolish them. In fact, this backing down will give strength to terrorist organizations. When a strong front or confident self-image is put up, the enemy will be less likely to attack. The entire world must never turn a blind eye to what others including pro-LGBTs, pro-abortionists, and most importantly gospel-proclaiming Christians etc. have to say and never quit stepping in and expending its resources such as money and soldiers in exchange for the protection of the world from all universal enemies that murder innocent people or violate the God-given rights of mankind.