Comments on: Restricting Free Speech: A Bipartisan Issue in the Culture War http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/ Democracy in America Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9966 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:04:01 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9966 Kris, I’ve always preferred a sequence of events following one of these templates:

Template A:
1. Offend someone with speech.
2. Offended party gets over it.
3. All is well.

Template B:
1. Offend someone with speech.
2. Offended party makes own offensive speech back.
3. All is well.

Template C:
1. Offend someone with speech.
2. Offended party yells and screams, blows up buildings, riots, or otherwise acts out of hand.
3. Whiff of grapeshot disperses offended party and all is well.

]]> By: PalMD http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9967 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:05:25 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9967 I don’t think the UN is about integrity…i think it is about politics, that is, the conduct of “war” without violence.

]]> By: ACG http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9972 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:49:05 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9972 This is the problem with putting democratic government in the hands of anti-democratic nationstates. Well, it’s one of the problems :-/

And yeah Chris, I’m curious to see what some other believers think when the shoe’s on the other foot.

]]> By: David Weissman http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9971 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:44:29 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9971 From the point of view of someone on the right, let me say that I agree with your point 100%. If the UN can’t see the problem with this type of resolution, then I would say they have lost all integrity.

]]> By: Kris http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9970 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:04:50 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9970 1. Offend Christians with speech.
2. Christians yell and scream, call for people to be fired, say hateful things back, etc.
3. Offending Christians is OK.

1. Offend Muslims with speech.
2. Muslims kill people and blow up buildings.
3. Offending Muslims is NOT OK.

I see how this works.

]]> By: Jello http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9969 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:55:57 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9969 What I can’t figure out is how countries with consistant track records of abusing human rights gained control of the human rights council. Did no one at the UN see this coming?

]]> By: didionsmommy http://acandidworld.com/2009/04/06/restricting-free-speech-a-bipartisan-issue-in-the-culture-war/#comment-9968 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:10:24 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=6615#comment-9968 the unhrc is dominated by islamic countries and smatterings of failed or near-failed states … it is a sick and sad paradox …

the problem is that china and russia go along with stuff like this … maybe to stick it to the u.s., maybe because china, esp., is exploiting these countries in africa, and maybe because limiting liberty in favor of the state is their m.o.

doesn’t mean the u.n. is useless … i am still very pro-u.n. … but i am cognizant of it weakness in this sphere …

for what it’s worth, the u.n. sec’y gen has made it a specific priority to rework the unhrc … those efforts might be what is prompting such an overt effort by islamic countries …

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