Soccer Dad

Would a fish take advice from a fisherman?

I get annoyed when I read

I should also note that this further exacerbates the "censorship envy" of the radical Muslims -- with European countries happy to punish some speech that is regarded as beyond the pale, the discussion has shifted from whether censorship should exist at all to when it should be justified.

I had thought of writing a response but AbbaGav did it so well

What we have is the spectacle of people from countries that have never known Freedom of Anything angrily lecturing democracies about the finer nuances of what Western freedoms do and don't include. And it's disturbing to see our media dutifully taking notes rather than standing up and explaining that these freedoms have already been working pretty well over the last few hundred years, thank you, even without the helpful clarifications of how to run a democracy more like Saudi Arabia.

(Needless to say: read the whole thing, it's brilliant.)

Technorati tags: democracy, freedom of speech.

Posted by SoccerDad at March 2, 2006 6:25 AM