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Manichaean magazine Charlie Hebdo?
Charlie Hebdo has had a long tradition of disrespect and provocation.
“Nothing is sacred. Principle No. 1. Not even your own mother, not the Jewish martyrs, not even people starving of hunger,” Mr. Cavanna wrote in 1982, as quoted by Paris researcher Jane Weston. “Laugh at everything, ferociously, bitterly, to exorcise the old monsters.”
In its modern incarnation, its cartoonists have been a reliable source of broadsides against religious leaders of all denominations and politicians of all stripes. In a country where elites are often treated with deference by the media, Charlie Hebdo has laughed ferociously.
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“Nothing is sacred. Principle No. 1. Not even your own mother, not the Jewish martyrs, not even people starving of hunger,” Mr. Cavanna wrote in 1982, as quoted by Paris researcher Jane Weston. “Laugh at everything, ferociously, bitterly, to exorcise the old monsters.”
In its modern incarnation, its cartoonists have been a reliable source of broadsides against religious leaders of all denominations and politicians of all stripes. In a country where elites are often treated with deference by the media, Charlie Hebdo has laughed ferociously.
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