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Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech
concealment writes "In the face of the violence that frequently results from anti-religious expression, some world leaders seem to be losing their patience with free speech. After a video called 'Innocence of Muslims' appeared on YouTube and sparked violent protests in several Muslim nations last month, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that 'when some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate some others' values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected.' It appears that the one thing modern society can no longer tolerate is intolerance. As Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard put it in her recent speech before the United Nations, 'Our tolerance must never extend to tolerating religious hatred.'"
If this means that we can bomb the shit out of anyone who burns an American (or European) Flag, then I say let's do it.
Two can play at this game.
If this shit escalates, "the West" will win. (assuming Russia and China don't decide to side with the sand ninjas)
Sure, Iran and Pakistan will probably manage to nuke a couple of cities but the rest of the world will nuke them out of existence entirely.
And then finally this BS will be over, and we can go back to worrying about the Russians, Chinese, and other, more traditional, problems.
spoken like an idiot
Fuck religious whackjobs, fuck their gods, fuck every single about them. Fuck them fuck them fuck them fuck them. Fuck their miserable offspring, fuck their wives, fuck mothers and fathers, fuck their religious leaders, fuck their holy books, fuck their traditions, fuck their culture, fuck it all.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
So instead we sided with the communists in Russia and China who had much better human rights records. Oh wait...
I love Jesus, except for his foreign policy.
Starship Troopers was Heinlein's Dianetics. He may have been a Libertarian at one point, but he became much worse than that (and Libertarianism is bad enough).
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
It's a metaphor, stupid.
I do not believe in karma. "Funny"=-6. Do good and forbid evil. Yours, Oft-Offtopic Flamebaiting Troll.
All religion is nonsense and none of it deserves respect because it is the enemy of the search for truth.
Currently, Islam is the most toxic Superstition and it's not a matter of mere interpretation.
I DEMAND more freedom than ANY Muslim society offers. Islam is a doctrine which mandates theocracy. There is no reason to respect it or its proponents.
"This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted here as fact."
Correct, give that man a prize! The US has bombed more than 16 countries since WW2, to me there is no difference between a terrorist bombing and an official govt bombing! The battle against terror was lost when we started to behave as badly or worse than the terrorists.