Wow ... huge reaction to the attack on the French "satirical" magazine Hebdo. Understandable; since it was so violent. Less clear is the so-called free speech argument. Apparently 'we' in the "West" are all for free speech; especially when it involves religious minorities? You'd think so if you looked at the comments on every Guardian article which universally demand mass reprinting of the offending cartoons.  Funny how there weren't so many demands for free speech in the previous French offending minorities story? Two years ago a Twitter trend hashtag BonJuif (which had some undeniably anti_Jewish overtones) trended massively in France. That was immediately closed by Twitter and there was a lot of denunciation of the Tweeters .. not one word of comment in the media about censorship.

Obviously Jewish pressure groups closing a Twitter feed is not equivalent to Islamic fanatics killing cartoonists ; two different worlds. But spare me the free speech argument. You can't say Bonjuif and hint at anti-Jewishness but you can put depic the Muslim prophet being fucked in the ass!

On free speech the French establishment; Europe; and a lot of Guardian readers: all hypocrits.