It’s taken almost two full days of reading and literally hours discussion for me to decide where I stand on Hebdo. But this article I think, finally, captures the right balance. From Slate.
“So what should we do? We have to condemn obvious racism as loudly as we defend the right to engage in it. We have to point out when an “edgy” cartoon is just a crappy Islamophobic jab. We shouldn’t pretend that every magazine cover with a picture of Mohammed is a second coming of The Satanic Verses. Making those distinctions isn’t going to placate the sorts of militants who are already apt to tote a machine gun into a magazine office. But it is a way to show good faith to the rest of a marginalized community, to show that free speech isn’t just about mocking their religion.
It’s hard to talk about these things today, when so many families, a country, and a profession are rightfully in mourning. But it’s also necessary. At the moment, Google has offered almost $300,000 to Charlie Hebdo, so it can continue publishing. The GuardianMedia Group has chipped in $150,000 of its own. And France’s government has pledged more than 1 million euros. It’s a powerful gesture in favor of free expression. But I’m not sure it’s the kind of expression a government should want to pay for.”
Back for the moment. (It’s the end of summer)
(what direction is its body facing? why does it look like it engaged in some sensual exchange with the stack of three apples? This has been of some concern for me for a while. I’m sorry.)
This is what Instagram looks like. 
Not the verb, but the noun. 
My iPhone’s senile glow works for me. 
I’m OK. 
