The Fire Rages :: SteynOnline

The Fire Rages :: SteynOnline:
"Against the argument that you cannot cry fire in a crowded theatre:
 Oh yes you can — you must, if in your considered view there is a fire. 
In that case there is a duty to cry fire."

The satirists of Charlie Hebdo thought there was a fire, and therefore considered they had a duty to cry fire. 
And they were right:
There is a fire - in the expanding no-go areas of les banlieues, in the routine Jew-hate on the streets of Paris and Toulouse and other French cities, in the ranks of "mentally ill" "lone wolves" yelling "Allahu Akbar!" while mowing down pedestrians and stabbing policemen...
So they cried fire and were killed.
And because they were rewarded for their honesty and bravery with death, more craven types in the politico-media class will find it easier to opt for cowardice and dishonesty. 
And so the fire will rage on, until it consumes us all."