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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...


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by vbo on Sun Feb 5th, 2006 at 11:56:19 PM EST
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