Yes, there is something even more heinous about the killing of an artist. Perhaps because it is attempt to silence not just their voices, but an entire community's? It's hard to put into words.
The young have a need for noble and heroic causes. It has always been so, like the Anarchists of the 1890's to the Leftists of the Spanish Civil War to the Civil Rights Marchers of the 1960's to the IRA terrorists of the 1970's.
The problem is that many young minds (and feeble old ones too) can be easily bent in the wrong direction. They lack any perspective or grounding or structure. Education is the antidote. Terrorism can only be defeated by a massive investment in education.
Scientists and artists, anyone who has something valuable to contribute, are the ones most often silenced. It often seems surprising, but it isn't if you think about it.
I can't remember what I was reading a few days ago, someone said something like guns being the most powerful weapon. But I think it is dangerous to mess with someone who has a keyboard and an audience.
It seems like the truth only triumphs a minority of the time. But good or bad, if it gets in the media an idea can change a culture almost over night, but it doesn't seem like ideas ever fade nearly as fast. The ideas tell the police where to point the gun; the gun works for the ideas, not the other way around.
I think in the short run the gun is more powerful, but in the long run the ideas are far more powerful. I hope someone like Galileo had some idea of how much respect he would have centuries later.
Oh that last one was perfect. Claire's heard about the killings, but I haven't told her yet about them being cartoonist. She's a budding cartoonist. I was thinking about talking to her about that tonight.
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The problem is that many young minds (and feeble old ones too) can be easily bent in the wrong direction. They lack any perspective or grounding or structure. Education is the antidote. Terrorism can only be defeated by a massive investment in education.
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I can't remember what I was reading a few days ago, someone said something like guns being the most powerful weapon. But I think it is dangerous to mess with someone who has a keyboard and an audience.
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I think in the short run the gun is more powerful, but in the long run the ideas are far more powerful. I hope someone like Galileo had some idea of how much respect he would have centuries later.
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charlie hebdo: the death of provocateurs or evil devours itself.
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