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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsWilders to face hate speech charges
By Ed Brayton
The timing of this, given my interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali the other day, is almost too perfect. Geert Wilders, the Dutch member of parliament who made a film comparing statements in the Quran to Nazism, will face hate speech charges in his home country. This idiotic statement from the ruling jumps out:
"In a democratic system, hate speech is considered so serious that it is in the general interest to... draw a clear line," the court in Amsterdam said.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).
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