[governance] Watch out for that hate speech

[William Drake]

Milton,

It's not just a domestic issue.  There's a push now in the UN led by  
Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and other Islamic countries for a UN  
instrument to ban the "defamation" of a religion, e.g. in cartoons,  
in line with the promotion of a "culture of peace."  The concept has  
been endorsed by the head of the General Assembly...

http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2008/081111_dEscoto.doc.htm

Bill

On Dec 12, 2008, at 9:53 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:

> Interesting to me that the religious right in America is  
> characterizing criticism of their religion as “hateful” and as  
> “bigotry.” It provides an example of why many free speech advocates  
> oppose so-called hate speech regulation, as it could easily be  
> invoked to suppress all kinds of legitimate expression.
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> From: Christian Coalition of America [mailto:noreply at cc.org]
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: Milton L Mueller
> Subject: Christian Coalition of America condemns Anti-Christian  
> bigotry...
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> Press Release
> Roberta Combs, President
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> Thursday, December 11, 2008
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>  Christian Coalition of America condemns Anti-Christian bigotry on  
> part of Governor Gregoire
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> Washington D.C. –"There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no  
> heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but  
> myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."
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> This is what a poster in the Washington state capitol building says  
> as it is displayed right next to a Nativity scene depicting the  
> Christmas story and with a huge bust of George Washington between  
> them.
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> The President of the Christian Coalition of America, Roberta Combs  
> said: "Governor Christine Gregoire has carried political  
> correctness to the extreme by allowing such hateful speech against  
> Christians and Christianity to be so prominently displayed in the  
> Washington state capitol building.   Christian Coalition of America  
> urges her to immediately remove this abominable display."
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> It seems each Christmas season, atheists attempt to reach new  
> heights in antagonizing Christians and Jewish people in the case of  
> the Hanukkah holiday.  The very least that elected officials can do  
> is to ignore these hateful attempts to mock other people's religions.
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> Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord…”
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William J. Drake
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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks,
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