Muslim Cartoon Controversy: What the Media Isn't Telling You | 78 comments (78 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Freedom of speech has its limits of course when it is a hate speech or an incitement to racial violence or violence in general.
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Well here is the REAL PROBLEM! Who is there to decide when it is "hate speech" ...People are not all sensitive equally...
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Well they could have their day in court, although I doubt they would get a favorable ruling because the freedom of speech principle is so important in European societies.
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Here the real problem lies. So if you are European (just in this case) you can offend anybody as long it's within Europe? But the world is GLOBAL village today. Americans and Europeans "cared" so much that Saddam Hussein striped his people of democracy that they had to occupy his country...C'mon ...if only things are that simple and easy...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein

by vbo on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 11:56:19 PM EST
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Well, I am afraid they are. That is why we have national laws upheld by national governments. As long as I abide by the laws in the respective country I am entitled to do what I want. We have of course international law, but with no means of enforcing it.

And I seem to remember that it was not only The US and some European countries that "occupied" Iraq. If I remember correctly Australia is also in the "Coalition of the willing".

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by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 12:29:49 AM EST
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Yap unfortunately you are right about Australia...but I just wanted to make a point there. Of course you know that I am naturalized Australian and first of all Serb and European ...I tried my best as a citizen of Australia to stop Howard's decision, I protested with others...but you know...
There are national and international laws but also there is a "common sense". We are asked to use a common sense when super and other powers are about to do the things against and outside the law (like occupying and bombarding other people's countries) but we are not to use it if we are not told by them...

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind...Albert Einstein

by vbo on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 01:01:05 AM EST
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Well, common sense seems to be a relative term in this case. :)

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by Gjermund E Jansen (gjans1@hotmail.com) on Mon Feb 6th, 2006 at 10:13:05 AM EST
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Muslim Cartoon Controversy: What the Media Isn't Telling You | 78 comments (78 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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