It is actually I and not David Horowitz who authored the posting in question. Thank you for taking the time to read my posting on David Horowitz’s NewsRealBlog.com., and for taking the time to comment here. I congratulate you on your knowledge of the details of Galileo’s ordeal. I did not have the time or space in my posting to delve into the entire history.
I believe the larger point here is that Galileo was in fact prosecuted for arguing in support of an idea (Copernicus’ heliocentric theory) that was controversial in his time. Geert Wilders is looking at two years in prison today for presenting incontrovertible facts for public inspection and debate about Muslim doctrine. We are well into the age of supposed enlightenment and Wilders’ prosecution seems medieval to me.
The point is inexplicably lost on some of my readers who are caught up in the historical minutiae of Galileo’s ordeal, rather than examining the travesty - putting someone in the 21st Century in jeopardy of imprisonment by criminal prosecution and trial, for making a public argument of ideas in defense of basic freedoms.
Best wishes,
JW
I appreciate your comment. As I said, I didn’t want to take the focus off of the important issue of Geert Wilder’s trial. He deserves our support. He deserves to win, and to shame his accusers.
Thank you for reiterating that point.