lowing wrote:
Uzique wrote:
lowing wrote:
Ahh then it must be the religious act part and the racial act part that you should be referring. Sad really, iti s against the law to hate a religion? Holy Shit, it is worse than I thought. lol.
How many Muslims have been arrested for thinking negatively about gays and womens equality?
C'mon admit it, you karma'ed Uzi for his credible source" and "research" didn't you? lol
lowing this is VERY FUCKING SIMPLE law here. the precedent behind racist, sexist and all other forms of discriminative law are to promote EQUALITY for all people and to stamp-out DISCRIMINATION. the fact that islam is a religion does not mean that our law makes it 'illegal' to hate a religion as a matter of personal, PRIVATE opinion; however, inciting hatred towards ALL MEMBERS of a religion (in speech, or in websites for example) is a CRIME because it encourages open and explicit DISCRIMINATION against an ENTIRE people based on their COLOUR, CREED or ETHNICITY. that is illegal and, i would hope you all of people being a hardcore conservative american, would appreciate that it's very important for laws like that to exist in order for everybody to have a free and fair, equal place in a democracy. it is not about the UK legislative protecting islam: the exact law that applies to 'islam hatred' was used against the cleric you linked earlier, Abu Hamza, for inciting race-hate against white people / christians / english nationals. so it's all fair game.
So basically, you can be arrested for speaking out against an unpopular topic, since pretty much anything worthy of social debate will no doubt be encompassed by a race, religion, sexual orintation, etc...! Nope I do not agree, free speech ( especially FACTUAL free speech) should not be against the law. It is opinion toward a relgion not toward a people. So, how many Islamic websites and clerics that has advocated sharia law in London been arrested?
I do not agree with the KKK but it would scare the hell outta me that our govt. could or would arrest them for their thoughts or expressing them.
In fact the court of public opinion has dealt with them quite nicely.
as i said, having a personal opinion is one thing - discussing it is fine, representing your views is also fine. you are entitled to an opinion. going one step further and trying to encourage others (i.e. to incite) to share your views, in an activist and mobilizing way (i.e. creating websites of mass discontent) and then throwing invective and abuse at the recipient of your 'views'... is another thing altogether. the law's role is to preserve everyone's equality and their personal liberty within a fair and just society: having a political or racial view is one thing, and that is not a crime: having a political or racial view and trying to organize mass-movements and spread (mis)information against an entire race/creed of people (i.e. doing something discriminatively, regardless of individuals) IS a crime, and for good reason.
the KKK are allowed their websites and their meetings and their views. i imagine as soon as those views start to become actively hostile and aggressive towards others, the police and law enforcement authorities step in- because other people's rights are being enroached upon and unfairly taken away. the KKK are allowed to march in america just as fringe-groups, extremists and radicals are allowed to march and represent non-orthodox, 'rebellious' views here, too. it's another matter entirely when that activity escalates a few levels and starts to become 'inciting hatred' in a way that affects or disrupts the public peace and private liberties of any-one group of people.
as i said this is ridiculously simple... put down your rhetoric and blind ideology for a second and just recognize the law's just-fairness.
Last edited by Uzique (2010-07-03 13:50:29)