.... Today’s French terrorists want a similarly hysterical response. They want another twist in the thumbscrew of the surveillance state. They want the media to be told to back off. They want new laws, new controls, new additions to the agenda of illiberalism. They know that in most western nations, including Britain, there exists a burgeoning industry of illiberal bureaucrats with empires to build.
.... That is why the most effective response is to meet terrorism on its own terms. It is to refuse to be terrified. It is not to show fear, not to overreact, not to over-publicise the aftermath. It is to treat each event as a passing accident of horror, and leave the perpetrator devoid of further satisfaction. That is the only way to defeat terrorism.
[TOP RATED COMMENT 3349 votes] Every newspaper in the world should publish Mahomet caricatures now. How can anyone kill because of some drawings is beyond me.
[SECOND 2647] "That is why the most effective response is to meet terrorism on its own terms. It is to refuse to be terrified."
Absolutely. The Guardian should print those cartoons on the cover tomorrow.
[THIRD 2214] "Every newspaper in the world should publish Mahomet caricatures now. How can anyone kill because of some drawings is beyond me."
Agree 1000%
[FOURTH 1810] Every newspaper in the world should print them. What Ed Miliband should also do is ban Labour members like Livingstone from getting on platforms with people like Lutfur Rahman who is a front for Jamaat e Islam and Dianne Abbott who is sharing one with the Chair of the Muslim Council of Britain a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.
[FIFTH 1637] #JeSuisCharlie
[SIXTH 1536] "Now is the time to uphold freedoms and not give in to fear."
We've been telling you that for years.
[SEVENTH 1324] "France was vociferously against the invasion of Iraq. Why is this therefore mentioned in this article?"
An inconvenient truth, as it highlights what this newspaper tends to gloss over; they really do hate us for our freedoms, not least the freedom to take the piss. [7 Jan. Guardian Cif, Simon Jenkins, 3736 comments] Read more
