yes, I know you think it's a free speech issue. As far as I know, there is no law against what the newspaper did, so therefore they were entitled to do it. I don't think they were wise, nor, given what I am hearing, do I think that their motives were pure. I see hidden agendas on both sides, myself.
It may be a variation on what someone else was saying a few days ago -- the government is not preventing anyone from being insulting, but they should be prepared for the consequences if they engage in the behaviour. I do think it is possible that the demonstrators are not familiar with a non-government press, and this would yes, indicate a level of ignorance. Somewhat like confusing Holland and Denmark, or thinking that the Iraqis will throw rosebuds at American soldiers ;\ Dana >> Dana wrote: >> Second of all, there is in fact, I am told, considerable xenophobia in >> Denmark > >Overall this, to me, is a pure free speech issue. Gel has brought up >points such as talking about Nazis in Germany. > >The thing there is that Nazis are criminals. The limit of free speech >is where it infringes on the rights of others (yelling fire in a >theatre) or provides information about illegal acts such as child >pr0n. > >Inevitably something somebody publishes is going to offend someone at >some point, so you can't base a policy on this grey area of 'offense'. > You simply have to educate people on how to properly oppose something >they're offended by via publishing their own content, boycotting the >publication, peaceful legal protests, boycotting the advertisers, etc. > >Further, the point has been made that many of the protesters >destroying Danish gov't property (despite the fact that the >publication was private) do so because they cannot distinguish between >private and gov't publications. That is, their own gov'ts typically >control the news and they assume the Denmark gov't controls the >cartoon paper. > >Don't know if that's true, but it may be a good point. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196881 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
