[...] > But you are right, some things don't add up. In Denmark it's > illegal to say racist things - people have been punished for > this. And it can be illegal to call somebody else a racist, > without good cause. (The Nazi's were b.t.w. > racists not only in their language, art etc. but certainly in > action as well). But it is obviously not really illegal to > offend muslims! As I said - it's very complicated. And I'm > not able to analyse it properly. Who is BTW. [...]
Jens, it does add up. I mentioned it in an email a few days ago. The difference between saying racist things and saying things against a religion, is that people don't have a choice about their race, and can do nothing about it, whereas people (adults at least) do have a choice of religion. A religion is a set of ideas, whereas race is a biological property of the individual. Why should one set of ideas be ring-fenced and protected from criticism, when others are not? Bob
