At 13:49 24-12-01 +0000, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >Yikes. That means that this professor was arrested and jailed simply > >because he wrote something negative about Rabin. So much for freedom of > >speech. Not the kind of behaviour one would expect from a country that > >boasts of being the only democratic country in the Middle East. > > >But I know of people who have been arrested in IIRC Belgium for >publishing pictures of child pornography.
People have been arrested for that all over Europe, actually. >So much for freedom of >speech. Not the kind of behaviour one would expect from a continent that >boasts of being the only democratic federation in the World. I would argue that publishing child pornography is wildly different from criticising a government. To publish child pornography, someone first needs to commit acts of child abuse. Those children that survive it are scarred for life. Criticising your government does not do harm to people. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
