{"id":1502,"date":"2015-01-22T16:38:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T15:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2015-02-01T17:01:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T16:01:01","slug":"jesus-charlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1502","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, a Charlie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The headlines in January seem to have been dominated by debate about the rights of free speech over the balance of\u00a0respect of the rights and beliefs of others in society. \u00a0I&#8217;m for balance. \u00a0If I believe in something where expressing it\u00a0might hurt others, I will try to shut up and not be deliberately rude. \u00a0Sometimes what I say is taken the wrong way and I am seen as rude. \u00a0For that I am sorry.<\/p>\n<p>The skill, surely, is to phrase words and draw pictures so that\u00a0you get the point over, without deliberately offending the other party or directly challenging their own value system. \u00a0And this\u00a0doesn&#8217;t have to be political correct\u00a0blah-blah if done well enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/asterix.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1505\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?attachment_id=1505\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/asterix.jpg?fit=620%2C465\" data-orig-size=\"620,465\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"asterix\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/asterix.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/asterix.jpg?fit=525%2C394\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/asterix.jpg?resize=482%2C370\" alt=\"asterix\" width=\"482\" height=\"370\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have spoken to many friends and relatives about this issue in the past month &#8211; and most agree \u00a0with this line. \u00a0Oh, and just as an aside, I noticed that JeSuis Charlie&#8221; has an uncanny resemblance to &#8220;Jesus Charlie&#8221;. \u00a0Strange.<\/p>\n<p>And to call someone &#8220;a bit of a Charlie&#8221;, apparently, used to be leveled at a person who did not speak the King&#8217;s English. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although on YouTube, Charlie bit my finger &#8211; again (with 801m hits), is a baby who bites his brother&#8217;s finger:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_OBlgSz8sSM\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I need to understand the French culture better to understand this whole thing in context? \u00a0At the moment it is beyond me.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/art\/news\/charlie-hebdo-asterix-creator-albert-uderzo-comes-out-of-retirement-to-draw-je-suis-charlie-cartoon-9968835.html\">Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headlines in January seem to have been dominated by debate about the rights of free speech over the balance of\u00a0respect of the rights and beliefs of others in society. \u00a0I&#8217;m for balance. \u00a0If I believe in something where expressing it\u00a0might hurt others, I will try to shut up and not be deliberately rude. \u00a0Sometimes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1502\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jesus, a Charlie!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[52,96,60,57],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DQGK-oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1162,"url":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1162","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":0},"title":"Powerful Forces Are At Work!","author":"Lorne Mitchell","date":"13\/12\/2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My father used to have a phrase that he used from time to time when something inexplicable happened.\u00a0 \"Powerful Forces are at Work\" he would say. \u00a0In the past week or so, I have had a very strong feeling that somehow the universe is reconfiguring itself and that powerful forces\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Ideas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Ideas","link":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?cat=42"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/transitions-wordle.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/transitions-wordle.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lornemitchell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/transitions-wordle.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1482,"url":"http:\/\/www.lornemitchell.com\/?p=1482","url_meta":{"origin":1502,"position":1},"title":"Measurement Madness","author":"Lorne Mitchell","date":"07\/01\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I met up recently with an old friend. 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