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they basically were in a bind - not drawing a cartoon referencing the event as a form of surrender, for sure. Responding with a black mourning cover would have been too defeatist. Responding with a cartoon mocking Islam would have been too confrontational.
So, given those (crudely described) constraints, they came up with a cartoon that was defiant and magnanimous and very much in their style of doing things.
Yeah, maybe it wasn't perfectly judged - but I'd genuinely be curious to see what any of you would have been able to draw
I think you sum it up pretty well here.There was no "right" cartoon to publish: whatever they publish, no-one wins. People are dead, other people (Jews, Muslims) are scared for their lives. A cartoon isn't going to improve this situation, but a misjudged cartoon coud certainly make it worse. I think I would have tried to highlight the fact that two of those killed were Muslims.
stop drawing pictures - because that'll show them who's boss?
I would have tried to draw a cartoon that wasn't trying to prove who was boss. Sadly Hebdo's fight for free speech has been appropriated by the far right, people like Le Pen, and the neo fascits marching in Germany. Much like Islam has been co-opted by the terrorists.
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If you're actually realistic about what options there were for the latest front cover, they basically were in a bind - some would interpret not drawing a cartoon referencing the event as a form of surrender, for sure. Responding with a black mourning cover would have been too defeatist. Responding with a cartoon mocking Islam would have been too confrontational.
So, given those (crudely described) constraints, they came up with a cartoon that was defiant and magnanimous and very much in their style of doing things.
Yeah, maybe it wasn't perfectly judged - but I'd genuinely be curious to see what any of you would have been able to draw at short notice, within those parameters, while mourning the deaths of your colleagues.