Hello,
On 3/7/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> But YouTube, from what I gather, was shut down because some Greek
> people called Ataturk gay. That may seem pretty backward, but I
> think it's interesting to think about how such a thing could easily
> happen in our own backyard. We don't have total freedom of speech in
> the UK - for instance, last year Blair made it against the law to
> incite religious hatred in the UK. "Incitement to religious hatred"
> might be open to interpretation. And I can see how a modern European
> country like the UK or France could end up fighting something like
> this in the courts. That's what worries me. And I can see the
> 'happy slapping' law from France coming here, too.
It might be difficult to judge ourselves objectively but....
Any country (like the Occidental countries) who enforces Copyright law
or Patent law doesn't have free speech.
Also... any country (like the Occidental countries) that enforces
anti-defamation law -- anti-slander or anti-libel law -- doesn't have
free speech.
See ya
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Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
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