Je Suis ..

A bit late with this but the thoughts are just the same.





'I've no fear of reprisals. I've no kids and no wife, no car and no credit bills. This is going to sound a little pompous, but I prefer to die standing than to live on my knees.'

The victims were:


Charb – (real name Stephane Charbonnier) 47, an artist and publisher of Charlie Hebdo
Cabu – (real name Jean Cabut) 76, the lead cartoonist for Charlie Hebdo
Georges Wolinski – 80, an artist who had been drawing cartoons since the 1960s
Tignous – (real name Bernard Verlhac) 57, a member of Cartoonists for Peace
Michel Renaud – a former journalist who was visiting the Charlie Hebdo offices
Mustapha Ourrad – a copy-editor for Charlie Hebdo

Bernard Maris – (known as “Uncle Bernard”) 68, an economist and columnist for the magazine
Honoré – (real name Philippe Honoré) 73, the artist who drew the last cartoon tweeted by the weekly publication
Elsa Cayat – a columnist and analyst for Charlie Hebdo
Frederic Boisseau – a building maintenance worker
Franck Brinsolaro – 49, a policeman appointed to head security for Charb
Ahmed Merabet – 42, a police officer and member of the 11th arrondissement brigade

Rest in peace guys and girl.

Fwiw, Mustapha and Ahmed were Muslims.

Reposted from cmcmck

Freedom of speech must never be squashed.

The Whitstable and Herne Bay Haul

Well, it has been bit of a sullen day of inclement weather with high winds interspersed with random precipitation. However, off i trudged to do some mystery shops in Whitstable, and Herne Bay. I was going to do Margate, but after the large anount of stuff l i picked up in Herne Bay i decided to do that town another day. So from the two charity shop visits , one was a pharmacy visit, i picked up three CD's, of which two of them would be of interest to cousin as he loves U2 and The Kaiser Chiefs.

Found two DVD's for quid each in Whitstable and a T shirt for £3. The DVD's are Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (another Tim Butron film) and Little Britain, The Complete First Series.

In Herne Bay the shop i visited was going to have a re-fit next week so everything was being sold off at fifty pence each. Hence, i picked up eight books , including one on cricket for the sport mad cousin, and two CD's for a fiver!

Some of these will be re-donated but the ones i am keeping are -




Tomorrow a visit to Tunbridge Wells, Paddock Wood and Tenterden.

Wallander

Last night i watched the two part Swedish Wallander TV programme - The Dogs Of Riga. I have read the book but do not remember seeing the TV drama of it. It was good. I prefer it to the Kenneth Brannaugh versions.