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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Vern Green wrote:
http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2273909,00.html
Since when did it become a racial hate crime to speak out against a
religion?
Apparently France does not have a first ammendment equivalent.
I'm not sure of what their speech laws are like. We have hate speech laws
in the US. I think France is still figuring out what their position will
be:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_7_34/ai_94775353
Here's a good article about free speech and hate-speech laws:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-shermer22feb22,0,2752813.story
I think he's right. We do have to accept the crazies for our own
protection. It is a slippery slope. Promoting criminal acts, such as
killing or otherwise attacking people of certain ethnic groups or
religions, should still be a crime though.
Mike
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