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wesharris
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 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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In Canada, being openly bigoted against a religious group is not considered acceptable. I am not sure what this politician did in terms of how he presented it. If it is considered hate speech and not simply an analysis of the religion in an objective then, that's different. One could say that the Old Testatement in the eyes of some secular people sounds genocidal. I personally would be careful when labeling a whole group as fascist. As far as exclaiming anti-Jewish stuff, people should be prosecuted for that as well if that's part of the laws of the country.
I find what he said to be despicable, but I am not sure he should be prosecuted for it. You could argue that either way. I do have some question marks about such a ruling and also the idea that you can't really discuss the holocaust in a controversial manner without risking jail time.
Wilders released his film �Fitna� on the Internet in March 2008. The 15-minute movie features verses from the Koran alongside images of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
In the movie, he calls on Muslims to rip out �hate- preaching� verses from the book. The politician called the Koran �fascist� in an editorial in De Volkskrant and said it should be banned.
More than 40 people reported Wilders� editorial comments to the police and others complained about the film, the prosecutor said last year. The movie led to protests in majority-Muslim countries including Indonesia and Pakistan and calls for the boycott of Dutch products in Malaysia.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=anIUQcBjnZmk |
And in Canada, this is extremely wrong. Hate speech , there is no such thing.
I may not agree with what you say sir, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it .
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Axl Rose
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| Whilst the "it's only a minority of Muslims" argument isn't doubted by anyone that I'm aware of (doesn't stop it being raised again and again and again though, eh?), it is, in the final analysis, meaningless fluff. Many Nazis, too, were real nice folks, but who in their right mind would launch that defence in the context of subjecting Naziism, as a false and ridiculous and deadly set of beliefs, to the robust criticism that is appropriate? |
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