However, this time, Charlie Hebdo went way too far and hurt everyone’s emotions. They mocked the death of the Syrian kid migrant Aylan Kurdi, the news of which had left the world shaken."
They featured a front page cartoon of the three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi with McDonalds in the background. The line read ‘Two Menus Of Children For The Price Of One’.
Their second edition featured another cartoon with a drowned kid next to Jesus Christ standing on water. The caption read, “Christians walk on waters… Muslims kids sink.” The title of the cartoon was ‘The Proof that Europe is Christian.’
What’s funny in that?
Nothing. What’s satirical in that? Nothing. Maybe the humour is lost in translation, but I don’t think the unfortunate death of an innocent kid can be humorous in any language, culture or religion.
It will never be a good time to mock a catastrophe..
Not fair, Charlie Hebdo. This time we aren’t on your side.
Je ne suis pas Charlie Hebdo.
