I had no intention of reporting on this from the scene of the Charlie-Hebdo massacre. I was walking up Boulevard Richard Lenoir to meet a friend who lives in the neighborhood. But the moment I saw what I did, I knew for sure what had happened. A decade in Turkey teaches you that. That many ambulances, that many cops, that many journalists, and those kinds of faces can mean only one thing: a massive terrorist attack.<\/p>\n
I also knew from the location just who\u2019d been attacked: Charlie-Hebdo, the magazine known for many things, but, above all, for its fearlessness in publishing caricatures of Mohamed. They\u2019d been firebombed for this in 2011, but their response \u201d\u201d in effect \u201d\u201d was the only one free men would ever consider: \u201cAs long as we\u2019re alive, you\u2019ll never shut us up.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
They are no longer alive. They managed to shut them up.<\/p>\n
The only thing I didn\u2019t immediately know was how many of them had died.<\/p>\n