Free speech may be a human right,
universal or not, but surely you don’t contend that the right is utterly
absolute without any limit whatsoever, do you? Is there an absolute right
to cry “fire” in a crowded theater?
I will leave it to others to defend
bullies like the good reverend.
From: Brad M Pardee
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005
2:45 PM
To: Law
& Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: RE: Swedish Pastor Beats
"Hate Crime" Rap
I was under the
impression that free speech was considered a universal human right, not merely
an American notion, regardless of whether governments acknowledge it as such or
not.
And I cannot even begin to
conceive of a "good and sufficient reason" for putting people in jail
because they have expressed the teachings of their faith about what behaviors
are right and what behaviors are wrong.
Brad
Michael Newsom wrote:
Shouldn’t
we be careful in applying American notions of free speech to other cultures and
traditions? Sweden
may have had good and sufficient reasons for taking a different position on the
question. I would be curious to know if the Swedish Court relied at all on American
cases.
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