"On average, the cartoons published on the Instagram account of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo get a few hundred reactions, but a recent drawing by cartoonist Eric Salch has prompted more than 15,000 social media users to express their dismay. It was published as Switzerland observed a national day of mourning to commemorate the victims of the deadly fire in a bar in Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, which killed 40 people, most of them teenagers."
"The cartoon referring to the tragedy shows two apparently charred skiers, wrapped in bandages, skiing downhill in Crans-Montana. The caption reads: "Les brules font du ski La comedie de l'annee" ("The burned go skiing The comedy of the year"). The text is a play on the title of the French film comedy, "Les Bronzes font du ski" (1979; released in English as "French Fried Vacation 2")."
On average, cartoons posted to Charlie Hebdo's Instagram receive a few hundred reactions, but a recent drawing by cartoonist Eric Salch prompted more than 15,000 expressions of dismay. The image was published as Switzerland observed a national day of mourning for a New Year's Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana that killed 40 people, most of them teenagers, and injured more than 110. The cartoon depicts two apparently charred skiers wrapped in bandages skiing downhill, captioned "Les brules font du ski La comedie de l'annee," a play on a 1979 French film title. The cartoon provoked fierce debate, calls to ban sales in Switzerland, and a criminal complaint alleging violation of Article 135 of the Swiss Criminal Code for depictions gravely violating human dignity.
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