[ Applause ] >> Jon: HEY, WELCOME TO
"THE DAILY SHOW". MY NAME IS JON STEWART.
I'M EXCITED WE HAVE GOOD SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT MY GUEST, "SELMA" DIRECTOR
AVA DUVERNAY, AND THIS MOVIE IS PHENOMENAL. YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
BUT FIRST, YOU KNOW -- I THINK WE'D ALL AGREE 2014 WAS NOT A
GREAT YEAR FOR PEOPLE. BUT I THINK THE HOPE WAS THAT
2015 WOULD BRING SORT OF A RESPITE FROM THE KINDS OF
TERRIBLE EVENTS THAT HAVE BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR US.
BUT, BUT -- OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THE STAFF OF CHARLIE HEBDO AND
THEIR FAMILIES TONIGHT. I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE
GO INTO TO COMEDY, YOU KNOW, AS AN ACT OF COURAGE MAINLY BECAUSE
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ACT OF COURAGE. IT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS
ESTABLISHED LAW. BUT THOSE GUYS AT HEBDO HAD IT,
AND THEY WERE KILLED FOR THEIR CARTOONS.
STARK REMINDER THAT FOR THE MOST PART THE LEGISLATORS AND
JOURNALISTS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT WE JAB AND RIDICULE
ARE NOT IN ANY WAY THE ENEMY.
FOR HOWEVER FRUSTRATING OR OUTRAGED THE BACK AND FORTH CAN
BECOME IT'S STILL A BACK AND FORTH A CONVERSATION AMONGST
THOSE ON LET'S CALL IT TEAM CIVILIZATION.
AND THIS TYPE OF VIOLENCE ONLY CLARIFIES THAT REALITY.
BUT OF COURSE, OF COURSE OUR GOAL TONIGHT IS NOT TO MAKE
SENSE OF THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SENSE TO BE MADE OF THIS.
OUR GOAL AS IT IS ALWAYS IS TO KEEP GOING. KEEP CALM AND CARRY
ON OR WHATEVER VERSION OF THAT SAYING IS IN YOUR DORM ROOM.