[Peace-discuss] Punishing thought-crimes

[C. G. Estabrook]

The Canadians have generally been on the side of those who gave Socrates the
hemlock.  Their Charter of Rights, such as it is, dates only from 1982.

Chomsky in fact has put it, "If we don't believe in freedom of expression for
people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."  --CGE

Robert Dunn wrote:
> Carl, actually it gets even worse. In Canada, a minister or priest can be 
> thrown in prison for expressing his moral objections to homosexual behavior. 
> I think that groups like AIPAC and the ADL are trying to get criticism of 
> Israel and Zionism as classified as hate speech. Once again, liberals are 
> more dangerous to the Left than the Right is! Why will they not get it that 
> policies such as "The Fairness Doctrine" and "Hate Crimes Laws" will harm 
> folks on the Left than help any cause! As Noam Chomsky is oft to say, "You 
> either support the free speech of everyone or the free speech for no one.
> 
> Robert
> 
>> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:59:46 -0500 From: galliher at illinois.edu To: 
>> peace-discuss at anti-war.net Subject: [Peace-discuss] Punishing 
>> thought-crimes
>> 
>> "It’s disgusting to see liberals rushing into the sentence-toughening
> business."
>> 
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