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Who's Offended?
by Baron Bodissey https://www.legal-project.org/937/who-offended Excerpt: Last night we discussed the case of an EDL member who was convicted and fined for saying things about Allah that might have offended a Muslim, if any had heard him. Earlier today we referred to the Australian government's provisions for fighting "cyber racism", in which anyone who feels offended by a "racist" website is encouraged to file an official complaint so that action can be taken against the offensive site. As regular readers know, these laws against "hate speech" and "incitement to religious hatred" are almost universally used against people like us, who are labeled "racists", "xenophobes", and "Islamophobes" because we hold certain political opinions. The recent EDL case is simply the most blatant example of what is happening to us. It's becoming more and more apparent that causing a Muslim to feel offended — or even making a police officer think that a Muslim might possibly be offended — is enough to get a person arrested, convicted, fined, and possibly jailed. But why do Muslims have a monopoly on being offended? Why don't any other groups of people invoke their right never to feel offended, and file the appropriate complaints? Read the complete original version of this item... receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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