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They are not sympathizing with the murderers. They are sympathizing with the family of the murderers who, as far as we know, are innocent (perhaps) in this entire event but will have to live with the repercussions for the rest of their lives.

There are only two camps yes, the people who would do such horrendous things and the people who wouldn’t.

Actually, there is a third, and that is the camp of the heroes: people who fight bravely to make the world a better place. They don’t usually care about ‘camps to blame’.

“We, and no one we know, is lacking for anything. You’re likely in the same situation. In fact, we all have too, too much stuff. Your #1 resolution for the year should be to get rid of much of that stuff.”

I guess you know the metrics of your readers better than I do, but this strikes me as a bit presumptuous. Do you really not have readers who are students, young professionals, aspiring creatives, etc. who are living bare bones and paycheck to paycheck? Who are stuck volunteering for multimillion-dollar companies in order to get a foot in the door (oh excuse me, are being blessed with work experience via “unpaid internships”)? Whose entire lives fit in a sedan? Whose disposable income all goes toward student debt instead of “stuff”? I’m sure you know plenty of young people like this who work really hard to hide it. Maybe your #1 resolution should be not projecting your own lived experiences on others.

Euh oui ce n’était pas une bataille, les deux camps c’est peut-être un peu déplacé. Un peu.

Reading from Kuwait. :-)

First off, I want to say that whether or not someone writes about something, it does not take away from how they feel. This is a lifestyle/fashion/art blog. This is not a news blog, or a news forum. Garance and her team are artists, not reporters. Sometimes things that are very painful to you are the bardest to write about. I am not French so I cannot comment to how hard it was to write about this situation, I think everyone should definitely hold their own counsel regarding her reasoning for writing or not writing about this tragedy. We should not put upon others what we do in their place, we should simply embrace their right to remain silent should they need to gather their thoughts.

The only thing I will say is this, I am Jewish. And in my mind, much has been made of the Charlie Hebdo staff and not of the people who were just minding their own business, buying Kosher groceries. The fact that I could be gunned down or kidnapped or held hostage while going about my daily routine just because I am a Jew in itself horrifies me. Instead of focusing on Charlie Hebdo, maybe all of the commenters should also focus on the actual level of intolerance towards Jewish people that is occurring in Europe.

Maybe I do not know anything, I’m simply a long time reader of this blog who wanted to speak up/comment finally. Peace to Garance, and peace to all of the people who have lost people in this tragedy, that includes the Jewish Community of France/Paris, the staff of the newspaper as well as the family of the perpetrators.