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Originally Posted by Slappin Fish
I also live in Thailand doesn't mean I read Thai  I do know the culture enough though.
It is the ONLY thing worth fighting for. If Minnie Mouse's dress is too short for some should we make it longer? We live by the rule of law, if you can't bear those laws and want Sharia law today you move to a country that has them today. If you don't want to move and want to change things from the inside you obey the rule of law and do what we all do make babies and vote. In the meantime if Minnie's dress hurts
your feelings. tough. |
You obviously can't read french and you've obviously never read anything written by Voltaire. I also suspect that you've probably never even visited France. Just the same you've taken an interest in french culture and society so I might as well try and provide you with some information to reflect upon.
Let's try and start with this ;
Article 4 in the the French "Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen" - August 26th 1789
"La liberté des uns s'arrête où commence celle des autres."
(The rights of the one individual ends where the rights of another begins)
With this in mind ask yourself how does one person's "Freedom of speech" take priority over
article 2 that being another person's "right to life, liberty and security of person" ?
The truth of the matter is that it does NOT.
The magazine Charlie Hebdo is within its rights to express any point of view they wish. On the condition that any repercussions are purely and solely incumbent upon them.
When innocent lives that had NOTHING to do with those opinions expressed are killed because of opinions expressed by someone else their "Right To Life, Liberty and Security of Person" has been taken away... Taken away by those that express their opinion without regard to the safety of others.