To be strictly accurate what he said about the reporter was "when I see him (on TV) he makes me think of the gas chambers". Well that's the translation I heard (but may have been 'reminds me of' rather than 'thinks of'). Maybe Damian or someone who has heard the piece and got better French than me can give the exact translation. And on things French and reedom of speech while I agree with the sentiment of "I may not agree with what you say I'll defend your right to say it" freedom of speech is fine with a society of sensible, responsible, sane people but sadly there's a lot more around who aren't and when it comes to inciting racial hatred, rousing people to violence and more there's limits to freedom of speech.
guy On 23 Jan 2014 at 12:03, Ed Morrish wrote: I would argue that a three thousand year old spiritual insignia that was adopted for a span of 25 years by anti-Semites has a different order of legitimacy than a gesture invented by a man who told a Jewish reporter, "You should be sent to a gas chamber" being adopted by anti-Semites almost instantaneously. But that's just my personal view. > On 23 Jan 2014, at 00:11, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote: > > The point is that that Buddhism is represented by a symbol that has since > been tarnished by the nazis. > Similar to the quenelle. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
