RE: 25,000 Muslims March in England to call for laws to Silence Critics of Islam.
May 6, 2013 at 3:56 pm
(May 6, 2013 at 1:24 pm)mo66 Wrote: In case you are not aware, hate speech laws do exist in Great Britain see here and here. Perhaps what the 25, 000 Muslims who marched wanted was the same speech protection afforded to dead British soldiers and dead police officers in the UK. What they are saying is, why can't those same laws extend to those who insult our dead Prophet? Which is a legally watertight argument, even if not socially.
I'm aware that the UK has ridiculous restrictions on freedom of speech. The best solution to that, IMO, is to get rid of the ridiculous restrictions. The worst solution (also IMO) is to layer additional ridiculous restrictions on top of the existing ones. In what universe does it make sense to continue to restrict freedom of expression every time some crybaby complains that his feelings are being hurt?
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