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From Reuters:
BUT, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPEDE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
IN ANY WAY
EVER.
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- Ecri: Support For Free Speech Proves Danish “climate” Of Intolerance
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France bans protests over Prophet Mohammad cartoons
From Reuters:
PARIS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - France confirmed on Friday it would allow no street protests against cartoons denigrating Islam's Prophet Mohammad that were published by a French magazine this week.
Interior Minister Manuel Valls said prefects throughout the country had orders to prohibit any protest over the issue and crack down if the ban was challenged.
"There will be strictly no exceptions. Demonstrations will be banned and broken up," he said.Anyway, France is erring on the other side with this policy. Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Speech. Part of Freedom of Speech is idiots have the right to demonstrate against Freedom of Speech.
BUT, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO IMPEDE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
IN ANY WAY
EVER.
- French Prime Minister Declares ‘war’ On Radical Islam
This is decidedly NOT a "We Are The World" move. Very good. France has declared war against Islamic terrorism and hate, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Saturday in defiant speeches aimed at rallying his country in the aftermath of a three-day jihad...
- France Surrenders!
FRANCE TO CLOSE 20 EMBASSIES IN FEAR OF CARTOON BACKLASH FRANCE PREPARES FOR A VIGOROUS DISCUSSION OF FREE SPEECH WITH ISLAM The government of France announced on Wednesday that it will shut down 20 of its embassies in the Muslim world (which arguably...
- Ecri: Support For Free Speech Proves Danish “climate” Of Intolerance
This is very worrying... Hot Air » Blog Archive » In September 2005, with the stated intention of verifying whether freedom of speech is respected in Denmark, a widely-read Danish newspaper called on cartoonists to send in caricatures of the Prophet...
- The Cartoon Jihad Today
I saw on Yahoo this morning that Chirac had condemned the publishers and creators of Mohammed cartoons. But, by the time I had a chance to grab it for this post, the story had been taken down. Maybe it was a mistake. Drudge has a story up that Islamic...
- The Inalienable Right To Make Fun Of God: More European Papers Print Mohammed Cartoons
Yes: Newspapers across Europe have reprinted caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad to show support for a Danish paper whose cartoons have sparked Muslim outrage. Seven publications in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain all carried some...