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Denmark Criminalizes Free Speech - Selectively

notquiteright said:
(they kinda doing that to everyone, not just Christians) they are more an equal opportunity offender in that regard.

But interesting you drag that into a discussion about a 250 fine for a facebook post and in a highly biased article cite only cases to bolster the whine... :peace
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Do you feel the fine was justified? That he should not criticize Islam?
 
JANFU said:
Yes, their laws, which up to this point i agree with.
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OK So you agree that this guy should not have been critical of Islam and deserved to be punished. That opinion is become a trend, and we can that pressure in the UN as well.

FB is not a place where speech is protected.
He condemned all Muslims, not some, all.
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It appears that Denmark is not a place where free speech is protected. He was not charged by Facebook.

So you feel that condemning ALL Muslims, that is the Islamic religion, should be illegal. The OIC certainly agrees with you.
 
Grant said:
Denmark Criminalizes Free Speech - Selectively

Anyone see a trend here?
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Yes, Europe has a long history of not respecting freedom of speech like America does. It also has a much worse ability to assimilate Muslims into their culture than the US does. Europe is also 99.99% white, but loves to tout how it has "liberal views on race," until brown people show up. Then they make laws against the freedom of speech, to make their citizens, used to being around only other white people, stop announcing their feelings.

I don't believe these facts are unrelated.
 
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FieldTheorist said:
Yes, Europe has a long history of not respecting freedom of speech like America does. It also has a much worse ability to assimilate Muslims into their culture than the US does.

I don't believe they are unrelated.
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Perhaps with the formation of the EU European leaders hoped for an end to their internal wars and feuds and would become a European version of the American 'melting pot', but of course that never happened. European societies, my observation, is that they are too culturally structured internally for that to happen easily.
 
Grant said:
Perhaps with the formation of the EU European leaders hoped for an end to their internal wars and feuds and would become a European version of the American 'melting pot', but of course that never happened. European societies, my observation, is that they are too culturally structured internally for that to happen easily.
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(FYI --you responded before I finished editing my post.)

But yes, I agree.
 
Grant said:
OK So you agree that this guy should not have been critical of Islam and deserved to be punished. That opinion is become a trend, and we can that pressure in the UN as well.

It appears that Denmark is not a place where free speech is protected. He was not charged by Facebook.

So you feel that condemning ALL Muslims, that is the Islamic religion, should be illegal. The OIC certainly agrees with you.
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Was he critical of some, a grouping within or was he condemning all?
 
Grant said:
So "hate speech" would be allowed in religious places but not outside these places? Is that your point?
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JANFU said:
He condemned all Muslims. All 1.5 Billion.
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So what?
It's his opinion. You don't believe in free speech?

Or do you believe in government defining what correct political speech should be?
 
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zimmer said:
So what?
It's his opinion. You don't believe in free speech?

Or do you believe in government defining what correct political speech should be?
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Oh i do, and it was not according to their laws, free speech and as such protected.
 
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