Chagos
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I'm not necessarily against either William or you on that one.All that's true, but in principle I'm with William. I don't believe in blasphemy laws, hate speech laws, holocaust denial or sedition laws.
bringing us to the crunch of the line often being thin. Nevertheless I'll place my trust in the judiciary here that it was crossed. Where we don't know the full transcript, publicly inciting support for IS will do me fine where the verdict is concerned.I think direct incitement to violence is where the line should be drawn.
I should perhaps also have pointed out (for the benefit of the unaware) that anti terrorist laws (Terrorism Acts) in the UK pre-date the rise of radical "jihadism" considerably, from long before the London bombings and long before 9/11 or any other occurrence truly or supposedly motivated by radical Islam or even having any such angle.Laws, as you perspicaciously point out however, are indeed laws and should be adhered to until they can be changed or rescinded.
That, to my knowledge, goes for Spain, France and Germany as well.