1. A few quick thoughts on the terrible Charlie Hebdo attacks, the proper free speech response & the power of images.
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2. During Danish Mohammed cartoons controversy, most media made mistake in not reprinting offending images.
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3. So all props to Daily Beast for this gallery of Charlie Hebdo covers: http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/11/02/charlie-hebdo-french-satire-magazine-s-shocking-covers-photos.html …
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4. It's wrong to see this as about "free speech" -- it's "free images" -- images have a special power to communicate & offend
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5. To describe an offending cartoon is not the same as reprinting it. The image itself is the locus of controversy & needs to be seen.
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6. Victor Navasky's "The Art of Controversy" is a smart consideration of the special power of images: http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/hitlers-cartoon-problem-and-art-controversy …
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7. “engravings & lithographs act immediately upon the imagination of the people, like a book which is read with the speed of light.”
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8. Last tweet is quote from French Interior Minister Regis de la Bourdonnaye in 1829
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