*the very definition *can't decide if it's more disgusting than sad or the other way around

I don't know if you understood what I meant, I don't support what the terrorist organizations does at all and think they did this just to spread fear. And what Charlie Hebdo did is not worse than what the terrorists did, but it was an act could have been prevented. The freedom of speech is important and there shouldn’t be any consequences for saying what you mean. However, this is not the case in the real world, if you offend someone else, they will probably get angry. If you are a company like Charlie Hebdo and are offending Islam in the way they did, there would be consequences. For example, the demonstration in Niger and the assassination. I just meant that Charlie Hebdo should have known that this was a bad idea and that there was no point in doing it. Of course, not all of the French people are like this, but there are some, like in every country. However, I think that education in religion is important to understand other cultures and also to be able to respect them. So I thought that maybe if there was education in religion in France maybe Charlie Hebdo had never done it. I didn’t mean to criticize the French, but I think education in religion could prevent someone from having blasphemous thoughts. But from what I know the demonstration didn’t make it better. That’s just a hypothesis I had, which is not necessarily correct. I’m sorry if I offended you, I wrote this text in a hurry and didn’t have time or the ability to explain this in French. I really like that you expressed your opinion on this topic. I hope that you understood what I meant and thank you for the correction (Sorry for my bad English, I wrote this in a hurry.)

We're taught about religion (we have schools and all, you know?) but we're also taught we live in a secular Republic, and the right to blasphemy is constitutional in France as it is in numerous other countries, including yours BTW... Preventing "blasphemous thoughts" and thinking violence is justified in the name of "blasphemy" belong to theocracies — very nice regimes, give them a try if you want, but you might find them a little bit less tolerant and democratic as ours...

And I got you right, that was my point: if you self-censor because you're afraid of retaliation, you have no actual freedom, you're just deluding yourself, and those who wanna shut you up win.

The fact is, regular people can put up with humor and satire, be they Christians, Muslims, atheists, whatever. Civilized people will find civilized means to express their opinions, including disagreement. Who think it's OK to go on a killing spree for some fucking drawings? Sociopaths, that is. In the name of what looks like a totally twisted understanding of "respecting others' cultures", you're basically advocating the right for extremist sociopaths to roam free. But I don't want freedom of speech to suffer for these people, and I don't want to be afraid of them. Again, to each his own...

ISIS and some other fundamentalist groups (which again don't represent all Muslims in any way) are at war with us. To them, you're nothing more than an unbelieving dog. Your fate is either conversion, or death. These are the people you wish to "respect". So be very careful what you wish for...

"sorry if I offended you" I'm not offended, the kind of mentality you're displaying arouses nothing in me but utter disdain, and since this is only what I think it's worthy of, this is quite fitting

As I see no point in repeating myself or having any further debate about the matter, those will be my final words