Jay, nice piece, but I'm a little puzzled by why you limited its applicability to the 'new left', the sentiments expressed are broadly applicable. I now feel a little ashamed of myself after reading your and Killarney's comments. I wonder if others feel the same way about some of their commentary?

I asked earlier in another thread

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=6688#202467

if someone could clear up the usage of 'Left' and 'Right' for me, but got no takers, despite the terms being used frequently. Now here you've used 'Left' with a modifier which leaves me less clear than ever about your meaning. Would you mind casting some light on it for me?

Of the billions of people on the planet those that murder in the name of religion only number in the thousands so its really not beyond us to quickly rid the world of these nutbags if we have the will.

See what MSM has censored. Cop lies on the pavement apparently wounded. No blood visible. Gunman comes in to finish him off with an assault rife AK47.Fires at point blank range and misses. MSM reports death of cop due to head wound. There is no mark on the pavement where the bullet hits. No gun recoil evident,no head wound and no blood on the pavement again. Gunmen flee leaving behind ID. http://stormcloudsgathering.com/charlie-hebdo-shootings-censored-video

Smells like another false flag event to me.

Craig,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left
The Liberals and Conservatives are just as much to blame but the Left won the "culture wars" and it's their narrative which is framing the response to Islam and Third World immigration.
See terrorism is the tip of the iceberg, how many Europeans are robbed, bashed, raped or murdered every week by Muslims and other immigrants?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a56EqUPwyFQ
Scenes like this are a daily occurrence in European cities, Muslim mobs attacking Jews and native Europeans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds9D86mFypE
From last year, again, this happens every single day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVarDMOXJ-s
Danish woman Sara Illum Lund-Jensen beaten and stoned by Somalis because they didn't like her dog:
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/05/28/muslims-denmark-stone-danish-woman-dog/
Gang members work for Imams as enforcers, much like organised crime everywhere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2uKD7ol0hk
Sweden, for god's sake what have Swedes ever done to deserve this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thXCb1VUBDg

I can predict Arjay's next post.

Bricks found in coffins of terrorists.

Arjay,
The MSM lie about everything all of the time, I agree, the uncensored video doesn't seem show a murder, it appears to show a Policeman collapsed in a state of panic begging for his life and a shot fired which misses him, but all that means is that the media is telling yet another lie, it doesn't mean that the event was staged.
Like many Police worldwide the officer may have been wearing a lightweight kevlar "stab vest" underneath his jacket, it won't stop a bullet but it would probably keep blood from leaking out of a wound for the few seconds he's in the frame.
Small caliber-high velocity rounds also "tumble" when they hit flesh and bone, the officer could easily have been paralysed and dying of internal bleeding as the bullets ricocheted around inside his body.
So yes, on the face of it the media have lied about this supposed "execution" by a head shot but, big deal, in terms of the other lies they tell it's small beer.
And bear in mind I'm not sympathetic to either Muslims,Neo-Cons,Leftists or Liberals, in terms of strategic importance Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cacher deli were "good" targets, by "good" I mean legitimate targets for Muslim activists.
I can only repeat, the victims didn't deserve to die but they got what was coming to them, Jews and Leftists were the obvious choices for a high impact "spectacular" display.