THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE GUN

RIP to the slaughtered satirists and the others who were also killed by Muslim extremists in Paris less than a day ago. It is heartwarming to see how Paris and all of France ( and yes, the outpouring of solidarity, the outrage over this act of evil, from around the world ) has stood defiantly and unafraid in the face of terrorists who worship nothing but the nightmare hag known as death ( it matters not what they call their "god" --- what they worship is death and carnage ).
Yes, I am a writer of fantasy. But I have written sarcastic and satirical things in my day and my night. I hope to continue to do so.  Everyone who knows me knows that I am and have always been and always will be rabid when it comes to the First Amendment of the Constitution. Free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion; this is what is important to me as a writer and as an artistic person. The PEN is mightier than the gun.  The pen shouts the message of freedom that will not be silenced by the pathetic roar of a gun or by the slashing sweep of a sword.
The pen will not be silenced. The pen will not go quietly into the long, cold dark night. Rather, the pen will paint and write and sing a brilliant hue. There will be shades and graffitis of the pen to make a fireworks display of expression from humanity. We will band together with our creative spirits and never be cowered by evil and those who live their lives to destroy rather than create.
CH Summers