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Protecting Freedom of Speech by Restricting It?
Thought crime is just around the corner - This disturbing news from Australia:.
Here's how the tribunal is spinning the law:
**Addendum** Here's how the UK-based Muslim propaganda group, Salaam, tags the same story:
A CHRISTIAN pastor who has been ordered to apologise for vilifying Muslims says he will go to jail rather than say sorry for his comments.This is one of the things I don't like about Australia - this so-called "anti-hate speech" law. It is an eerie reminder of Orwell's 1984. With Australia's close proximity to the largest Muslim country in the world, Indonesia, the liberal end of the Australian government (and in the US) is particularly sensitive to Australia's Muslim community, but most of the people, while not necessarily intolerant, are not particularly sensitive to the needs of the mooooslims. From the Aussies I have met, I would say that a good number of them are at the very least wary of the growing number of Muslims in their country.
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) deputy president Michael Higgins ordered two pastors of an evangelical order, Catch the Fire Ministry, to apologise for comments they made in a speech, on a website and in a newsletter.
In a landmark ruling, the tribunal found Muslims were vilified by claims that Muslims were training to take over Australia, encouraging domestic violence and that Islam was an inherently violent religion. The case was the first to be heard by VCAT since the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act took effect in Victoria at the start of 2002.
Here's how the tribunal is spinning the law:
Judge Higgins said an apology was "appropriate" as the intention of the Victorian legislation was to protect freedom of speech, while placing limits on such freedom by prohibiting the vilification of persons or classes of persons.Protect freedom of speech while restricting it? Scary. Canada has similar laws, and the Left in the US wants the same. Don't let it happen, folks.
He said he took into account that the pastors were of good character, but their passionate religious beliefs caused them to transgress the law.
**Addendum** Here's how the UK-based Muslim propaganda group, Salaam, tags the same story:
Pastor prefers jail over apologyDon't you love how they assume the role of the victim right out of the gate? Who are they trying to kid? These Muslim front groups are shameless.
Thursday 23rd June 2005
The hatred and animosity for Islam knows no bounds. It is now open season against Muslims as a Christian pastor who has been ordered to apologise for vilifying Muslims says he will go to jail rather than say sorry for his comments.
posted by Mae at 2:48 PM
4 Comments:
Check out what is happening to Oriana Fallaci in the Italian courts as she tries to sound the warning about Islamo-fascism. When she was a young girl, she lived through the rise of Mussolini's fascism, and she recognizes that the same thing is happening again.
Also check out Jerry Corsi's book Atomic Iran. It is a real wake-up call. Don't know if enough people are listening.
As an Aussie lawyer, I'm curious as to what you know about the actual Act under which this decision is made?? or the decision itself??
Bec, what else do I need to know? Speech is being restricted under the guise of protecting certain people or groups of people from being "offended." Spin it any way you want to, but it's just more politically correct, liberal BS social engineering that creates a climate of fear where people are worried about what they say. Last time I checked, nobody had ever been killed or injured by words.
Perhaps I'm missing something, so maybe you can enlighten me, but I can't think of any reason to stifle free speech unless one shouts "FIRE" in a crowded theater or openly advocates killing a particular individual.
Being that I despise Muslims and their track record, they don't have any room to complain.
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