Europe restricts free speech
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David Wulff wrote:
Just because you or I have different levels of what constitutes an insult and what is fair game compared to some other people doesn't suddenly make it an issue of free speech.
I'm not sure I follow you here, are you saying that say.. Theo Van Gogh didn't deserve protection for exercising free speech because of the level of offense he and Hirsi Ali caused, and that it was a deliberate act? You do realise that is a recipe for mob rule? Your ideas are dangerous, and it is terrifying that they are so common in this country.
David Wulff wrote:
Do you understand 'admitted'? And without a retrial?
Do you have an example? Or are you pulling this out of your arse?
Ryan Roberts wrote:
Theo Van Gogh didn't deserve protection for exercising free speech because of the level of offense he and Hirsi Ali caused, and that it was a deliberate act?
Not even close. In fact, the complete opposite.
Ryan Roberts wrote:
Do you have an example?
It is a hypothetical question, where is your problem?
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European Union nations agreed Thursday on new rules to combat racism and hate
crimes across the 27-nation bloc, including setting jail sentences against those who
deny or trivialize the Holocaust.
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EU justice and interior ministers said the rules call for criminalizing "incitement
to hatred and violence and publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivializing crimes
of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."The mass killing of Jews during World War II was the only genocide specifically
mentioned in the rules. Demands from Baltic nations that major Stalinist atrocities
be included were rejected.So not only is the EU severely restricting and punishing free speech, but they're apparently doing so on a politically selective basis. Why am I completely unsurprised?
Yeh the EU is fast showing itself to be a totalitarian state. Advise to Europeans - make it clear to your leaders that it is an ECONOMIC union. Threats to free speech should be met with the utmost resistance and defiance. Laws are only valid if they are supported by free peoples.
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