Joan Baez on the Paris attacks: I ask permission…
mainA dignified response from a great artist:
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To the people of France,
I wish to send my deepest sympathy to those most closely affected by the executions at Charlie Hebdo, and to a French public in mourning. Liberals and conservatives in equal measure understand the value and importance, not to mention joy, of satire, humor, nonsense, and courage in the 21st century. Which makes the executions at Charlie Hebdo more than enraging, more than terrifying, more than shocking (as there is little left to shock us in these times). It makes the murders, simply, heartbreaking.
I ask permission to share in your grief.
Thank you,
Joan Baez
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