# Charlie Hebdo comics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284 "2015-01-08T03:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284/61 "2015-01-10T12:56:43Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Don’t tease the bear. If you’re not teasing the bear and yet the bear is still going around killing people randomly then that’s not good, but all it means is that you need to call in the authorities to hunt the thing down. If you live in fear of bear attacks, even though the odds of your actually being killed by a bear are vanishingly remote, then that’s just you being dumb not an indication that random bear attacks are a meaningful social worry. Except that the bear is completely and utterly psychotic. The bear wants to kill your wife because she’s wearing a mini-skirt. The bear wants to kill you because you didn’t turn your radio off when your neighbor was worshiping five times a day. Anything the bear disagrees with is “disrespectful to bear-ness”. Had a BLT? Disrespectful to bear-ness. Enjoy dancing at the club? Disrespectful to bears who might be led astray. Want the freedom to publish or read something stupid and offensive? Disrespectful to bear-ness. The bear has no moderation in its response; its response is to always go for major pain and suffering. Fuck the bear with a chainsaw. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284/62 "2015-01-10T21:22:11Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > You then say: “the French should too.” Which one? There are 66 millions of them. And if the TV news is to be believed every last one is in the streets weeping over this beloved publication. 😉 But yeah, that is very much like my attitude when non-Americans mocked Dubya. I can mock him because he was my president, but outsiders can’t. But as to my earlier comments, I apologize to the French-speaking world because I don’t find their comedy funny. _Candide_? Try some subtlety, Voltaire! I also apologize to Great Britain, whose language I speak and whose TV shows, not just the good ones, I’ve seen, because I find much of their comedy unfunny. And Canada? Don’t get me started on Canada. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284/63 "2015-01-11T03:06:00Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But yeah, that is very much like my attitude when non-Americans mocked Dubya. I can mock him because he was my president, but outsiders can’t. But you don’t need to be American to mock W, or French to mock Sarko. I’m neither French nor American, BTW. But, I truly hope we can agree on this, if you’re going to mock someone or something, you shouldn’t do it from ignorance. And, it’s a well-known fact that British comedians perfected the art of comedy, so you’re wrong about that too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284/64 "2015-01-11T03:41:38Z")
Three words for you: _On the Buses._😃 And more recently, _Vicious._ Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi should know better, but after lifetimes of Shakespeare’s fart jokes I guess they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284/65 "2015-01-11T16:07:34Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > What does the name _Charlie Hebdo_ mean? Is it the name of a historical or cultural figure? A made-up character? Is it a pun or play on words? [This paragraph from Time Magazine may help: > [@](#): > > Charlie Hebdo was introduced in 1970 after another publication, Hara-Kiri, was banned for mocking the death of former French President Charles de Gaulle. Much of Hara-Kiri’s staff simply migrated to the new publication, which was named in reference to Charlie Brown comics. Hebdo is short for hebdomadaire which means weekly in French. Though I will say I find it more likely that Charlie was really named after the former French President, using a nickname to be slightly irreverent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-hebdo-comics/709284.md?page=3)