{"id":1681,"date":"2016-01-20T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2016-01-19T19:39:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T00:39:21","slug":"charlie-hebdo-remains-charlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/avant-garde\/2016\/01\/charlie-hebdo-remains-charlie\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Hebdo remains Charlie"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>After the slaughter in Charlie Hebdo<\/em><\/a><\/strong> in January 2015 and the global cowardice to defend freedom of expression from barbarism (and their ridiculous demand to protect feelings), at some point Charlie Hebdo<\/em> chose not to draw Muhammad<\/strong> any longer… or so we were told<\/a>. But it is not true.<\/p>\n

Last week, reader Efra\u00edn<\/strong> explained to me<\/a> what really happened then and, although I was going to write something about it, he beat me to it, so I’ll just quote him<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It is all a misunderstanding from a bad translation by the German journalist who misunderstood the words spoken by his interviewee last July and generated a sea of protests and outrage throughout the world. To counter a little bit the avalanche of criticism, all of Charlie Hebdo<\/em> cartoonists refuted the alleged information<\/a> and said that what had happened is that the German journalist did not understand French very well and he translated whatever he wanted. Here are some excerpts of what the CH staff said during the days following the scandal:<\/p>\n

“That declaration is the result of a misunderstanding truly caused by a problem of translation. The German journalist misunderstood the statements of Laurent Sourisseau<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

“Contacted by Les Inrocks<\/em>, the chief editor of Charlie Hebdo<\/em>, G\u00e9rard Biard<\/strong>, confirms: he did not say anything of that sort. He simply said that we can not be the only ones to do so. We can not be in the frontline. The journalist who interviewed him misunderstood and mistranslated”.<\/p>\n

Apparently in the interview with Stern<\/em> this was what the interviewee meant (I leave the French original in case I happen to be wrong in something, someone can correct my Stern-ation).<\/p>\n

“Nous avons dessin\u00e9 Mahomet pour d\u00e9fendre le principe qu\u2019on peut dessiner ce qu\u2019on veut. C\u2019est un peu \u00e9trange : on attend de nous d\u2019exercer une libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression que plus personne n\u2019ose exercer. On a fait notre boulot. On a d\u00e9fendu le droit \u00e0 la caricature. Maintenant, d\u2019autres prennent le relais<\/i>\u201d.<\/p>\n

“We draw Muhammad to defend the principle that we can draw whatever we want. It is a bit strange: everyone expects us to exercise a freedom of expression that no other dares to exercise. We do our job. We defend the right to caricature. Now others take the lead”.<\/p>\n

Even Coco<\/strong>, one of the CH cartoonists answered in a tweet<\/a> where she said everything but nice things about Stern magazine and the media that published that information without even contrasting it.<\/p>\n

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Ces journalistes qui traduisent n importe quoi, franchement #stern<\/a>…et les autres qui reprennent comme des imbeciles #BFMTV<\/a> #20minutes<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Corinne (@cocoboer) julio 21, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other media outlets that echoed the response to Stern<\/em>:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/direct\/element\/riss-ne-dessinera-plus-mahomet-dans-charlie-hebdo_13466\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.huffpostmaghreb.com\/2015\/07\/23\/charlie-hebdo-prophete-caricature_n_7854850.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/societe\/charlie-hebdo-riss-ne-caricaturera-plus-mahomet-902858.html<\/a><\/p>\n

However, outside the French-speaking world, it seems, those replies were not taken into account by the media<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I can say with relief that Charlie Hebdo<\/em> remains Charlie<\/em>. This is very good news.<\/p>\n

(image: Charlie Hebdo<\/a><\/i> \u2014after the Stern<\/i> interview\u2014)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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