Islamofascists force LIVELEAK to remove FITNA video

Liveleak.com was the first internet site to allow Fitna to be viewed on their website. They have only after one day replaced the video with the following statements:

"Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature and some ill-informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, LiveLeak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove 'Fitna' from our servers. This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. We would like to thank the thousands of people, from all backgrounds and religions, who gave us their support. They realised LiveLeak.com is a vehicle for many opinions and not just for the support of one. Perhaps there is still hope that this situation may produce a discussion that could benefit and educate all of us as to how we can accept one anothers culture. We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high.”

They have received threats to their staff, and they say they stood for what they believed in but "in the end the price was too high." This only goes to prove the point that Dutch MP Wilders film was making in the first place. As of now, it has been posted on Google Video. If you have not seen it, go to

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3369102968312745410&q=fitna&total=1331&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5.

After seeing the LiveLeak message, I feel it is even more important that this short film be seen.

So this is the state of freedom in the “Free World”! What we are seeing is censorship being applied through the threat of violence. We are seeing speech and thought oppressed before our eyes in the vain hope of “buying off” those who say they are offended by this movie.

I saw the movie and would ask what is untrue about it? Did not the people who attack the U.S. on 9/11 in statements they left behind express their belief that what they did was based on their religious beliefs. Didn't the bombers in Spain and many other attackers say it was done for their faith? The statements we see religious leaders make on video somehow not what they said?

If someone on the “right” where making threats because something was published or shown there would be a great showing of defiances against the threat. There would be statements about protecting “free speech” and “free expression”! I would agree that there should be such a stand.

But a stand against the “right” is easy. The “right” is considered a joke. But with Islam well that is something different to the "protectors" of “free speech”. “Those people” are “serious” when they say they will kill you! So we see the media and political leaders run for cover. They even fall back on the old idea of the right as a joke. Notice how the maker of the film is dismissed as “right wing”.

It is amazing how easily the threats and fears or violence are excepted as coming from those who "defend" Islam. Is this the actions and words of people or peace from a faith that expresses peace? Or should I just be killed for asking? Is Islam so weak a faith that a cartoon or 15 minute film of news clips could case it any harm? Or is the “Free World” so weak that anger caused by a cartoon or film clip could overwhelm the very idea of free thought or expression?

I fear we are seeing the answer in front of us!

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