Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

[Med911]

Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

@arshad5

The government can and should do something. There is no absolute freedom of speech or expression. This freedom is qualified, even in the U.S. The people that wanted to protest at the funerals of the soldiers were banned and laws were enacted to stop them protesting at the funerals. Denying the holocaust is a crime in some countries. There is nothing wrong with trying to integrate the various strands of society. Having respect for each other is not stagnating but strengthening the nation. If this was happening in any other country, where some people were trying to offend, ridicule and upset their own citizens than we all would expect that government to take action.

Brother. If you think they are going to change anything, or if you think they can even if they wanted too, then you really are naive.

I dont think there is any law banning any sort of protest. Holocaust denial is not against the law in the US, and we arent talking about Europe.

Banning offensive speech is a slippery slope. If you ban this, then whats next? Who decides what is or isnt offensive? What if tomorrow, Muslims are deemed offensive by Chiristians in America because the deny the divinity of Christ? What of those people in France who are offended by the burqa? Are they in the wrong? But shouldnt we protect their sentiments as well? You would say that the urqa ban is offensive to you, the French would say that the Burqa itself is offensive. Pakistanis should understand this point better then anyone. The absurdity with the way in which the so called blasphemy law is applied is amazing! Who is a blasphemer? Is a person who doesnt take part in a protest against blasphemy also a blasphemer? I mean where does it end? You dont understand that in complex societies, there is really no way to protect everyone from being offended or stop people from being offensive. Hell, there are offensive people in this very forum, and im sure you are offended often yourself, as im sure i have offended others as well. But if we were all obsessed with not offending no one would be able to express themselves.