Thomas Wictor

Posts Tagged ‘Charlie Hebdo massacre’

Accountability is the solution to all our problems

Today I read two pieces written by Muslims trying to explain the mayhem taking place across the world. Both writers miss the mark. What’s happened is that every culture on earth has purged itself of accountability. That’s all. Accountability would prevent this Kamel Daoud’s piece is titled “The Sexual Misery of the Arab World.” The…

 

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Two French Jews I knew

Today on Twitter, I saw a tweet about French Jews. Here’s part of the story. FIve months after Paris terror attack targeting Jews, 25% more French Jews moved to Israel in early 2015 than in the same period in 2014 The number of French Jews who have made, or are making aliyah to Israel between…

 

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Copenhagen terrorist: another amateur

There were two terrorist attacks in Copenhagen, Denmark today. My gut tells me that the same man carried them out. He’s an amateur, his incompetence a testament to the horrendously low caliber of people attracted to the jihadist cause. The first attack was on the cafe in the Krudttønden cultural center, shortly before 4:00 p.m….

 

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It’ll end badly

I was born in Venezuela. For the first four years of my life, my closest relationship was with a woman named Delia. She was technically our maid, but in reality she was my surrogate mother. I grew up speaking English and Spanish interchangeably. Although we lived in oil camps, we interacted with Venezuelans daily. Believe…

 

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What about Officer Franck Brinsolaro?

I hate when life-and-death issues become trendy fads. The world is lauding Officer Ahmed Merabet, who was killed by two inbred, moron terrorists as he lay helpless on the sidewalk. Why is nobody talking about Officer Franck Brinsolaro, a policeman assigned to protect Charlie Hebdo editor Stephane Charbonnier? Look at the Google search results. There…

 

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