thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| bejarano-korea wrote: |
| If Americans want to bang on about the rights of 'free speech' then they really have to respect views that differ from their own. |
Freedom of speech and "respecting views" are not related. I can say, rightly, that you don't know economics from your arse (that is, I don't respect your views) while at the same time not preventing you from saying it.
Joo is well within his right to take offense at the incredible hatred that some nations have for his. He didn't advocate using the military to stop them.
Learn about free speech. Hitchens explains it well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Hg-Y7MugU |
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