Posted on 11/09/2008 4:35:00 PM PST by Lorianne
Geert Wilders is a member of the Dutch Parliament and a documentary film producer; not exactly the person one would expect to find on the front line in the battle against both radical Islam and the Islamist assault on free speech. Yet, that is where the 45 year-old founder of the Party for Freedom stands. Wilders, by posting the infamous Danish cartoons of Muhammad on his website and producing a short film titled Fitna, has stirred international controversy that has prompted boycotts of Dutch products, condemnation by the UN Secretary General, constant death threats, and civil and criminal prosecution. Americans, especially politicians on the Left, should take notice.
Fitna features graphic images of terrorist attacks and quotes radical Imams and Koranic Suras used to justify terrorism. In response to the film, Wilders' own government, at the behest of an angry Muslim population, investigated whether he violated any "hate speech" laws but ultimately declined to prosecute him. However, the Jordanian government is prosecuting Wilders, along with 12 other Europeans, for blasphemy against Islam and requesting that Wilders be extradited to Jordan to stand trial. If convicted in Jordan, Wilders could be sentenced to death.
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We have free speech here! But it only goes one way......the Democrat way. Free speech for me but not for thee.
Been that way at least since the 70s.
It's pretty clear that socialism/communism doesn't work -- except for those who hold the power, and every supporter of same either thinks they'll be the ones holding that power, or that that power will magically pour money into their pockets.
Anyone who has not yet seen Fitna should do so. Warning: It is gruesome. But powerful, and very persuasive. My wife thought I was being irrational about the Muslim terrorist threat until she saw it.
http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/134506
Please, I’m already disgusted by the Dutch and their treatment of Wilders. My husband’s Dutch relatives think he is the problem. The propaganda over there is horrible. My mother-in-law, who lives here voted for McCain and was chewed out viciously by her niece in the Netherlands. Only consolation, Europe will fall first.
“Fairness”, hate speech, “regulate conservative speech like we do pornography”. Hey, We’re getting there.
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