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Was it not published again because of the court case?
And France is free. It's free to do what it likes.
Yes, and yes. We are all free to **** people off.
But there is an important difference in these cases - the people doing the publishing are not always the people getting killed because of it. After the first time it was published there was not only the Charlie Hebdo killings, but also later the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people and injured many more.
I think it is safe to say that nobody here supports terrorism and murder. Everybody here supports freedom of speech. But, you have to know when to stop being antagonistic if you don't want repercussions. Republishing these cartoons, and creating new ones, is just waving a red flag at a bull, then acting shocked that the bull charges.
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to put other people's lives at risk if you don't have the means to protect them.