File under: Giving credit where credit is due dept.

Current state of “Fuck the French” stance: Officially suspended pending review.

““Because no religious dogma can impose its view on a democratic and secular society, France Soir publishes the incriminated cartoons,” the paper said.

“Enough lessons from these reactionary bigots! There is nothing in these incriminated cartoons that intends to be racist or denigrate any community as such,” he wrote in a commentary.”

We’ll see how well that position holds up once the first member of an editorial staff turns up with his throat slit in in the street.