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To: quidnunc

I still oppose those European laws that criminalize speech that's critical of a religion or even an ethnic group. The way to fight that stuff is through counter-argument, not by criminalizing offensive speech.


2 posted on 06/09/2005 9:45:52 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

My thoughts too. If the laws proposed are to be equally enforced, lots of people would be in jail over white-o-phobia and also hate speech against Muslims.
The way to counter is through facts. If it is prohibited to speak against one ethnic or religious group it becomes appealing to certain segments of the population.


4 posted on 06/09/2005 10:27:10 AM PDT by followerofchrist
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