Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
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French police have released picture of two suspects in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Cherif Kouachi, 32, and his brother Said Kouachi, 34, are both suspected in the attack, and a manhunt is under way. Vigils were held in several countries overnight to pay homage to the 12 victims
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Opinion
A woman holds a copy of Charlie Hebdo in front of the European parliament in Brussels to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris shooting. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Jihadi Kalashnikovs murdered journalists in Paris, but their aim was at stifling
Events in Paris today were beyond belief, indeed beyond words. The adjectives are simply not there to capture the horror unleashed by weapons of war in a civilian office. But the murder of at least a dozen French citizens, including 10 journalists on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, was beyond belief in another sense too.
Whatever faith-based or other objections there may once have been to the publication’s provocative editorial judgments are now entirely beside the point. “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it,” runs the famous formulation. When men and women have gone to their deaths for nothing more than what they have said, or drawn, there is only one side to be on. The hooded thugs trained their Kalashnikovs on free speech everywhere. If they are allowed to force a loss of nerve, conversation will become inhibited, and liberty of thought itself will falter too.
While much remains to be established about the killers, some uncomfortable truths are plain. Shouts of “Allahu Akbar” were heard, revealing an inspiration that appears to come from some warped version of Islam. Two men were seen immediately and the authorities were soon hunting a third, so this was no act of a deranged individual. The targeting of a weekly editorial conference implies a ruthless concern to maximise the toll, pursued with a chilling preparedness. The heavy weaponry, too, suggests frighteningly organised links……………….
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