Je Suis Charlie
I have an article written laid out in front of me. It is about social media, and my personal attachment to it. Today, I am sat here, about to type it up, but I feel there is something more important to write. That is, the terrible news from Paris, and the brutal assassination of the staff from Charlie Hebdo, as well as those killed in a Kosher Supermarket the following day. Everything seems quite trivial this week, apart from this news. The main thought apart from the unbearable sadness and anger, is confusion. Confusion as to why people would have so much hatred in their lives that they choose what was essentially a suicide mission, taking other people’s lives with them, in the belief of.... what exactly? To spread fear? To cause hurt to people? To make people more paranoid? I don’t know. It certainly wasn’t in the name of Islam. As for the fear - maybe they have done that in some way - people will probably look over their shoulders a bit more, for a time. For a time, the