Conan O’Brien took on the terrorists in his comedy show last night saying: “This story really hits home for anyone who, day in and day out, mocks political, social and religious figures.”
Somberly, Conan continued: “In this country we just take it for granted that it’s our right to poke fun at the untouchable or the sacred. But today’s tragedy in Paris reminds us very viscerally that it’s a right some people are inexplicably forced to die for.”
12 were killed yesterday in an attack at the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hedbo after the magazine ran cartoons making fun of the prophet Muhammad. The gunmen are believed to be part of al Qaeda and were heard yelling “Allahu Akbar” and “We have avenged the prophet Muhammad!”
“So it is very important tonight that I express …all of us are terribly sad for the family of those victims, and the people of France, and anyone who now has to think twice before making a joke,” said O’Brien. “It’s not the way it’s supposed to be.”