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I feel the same about any group of people that tries to force others to live by it's values ... whoever that might be.
So here's the next controversial topic, shown tonight on C4 ...
The Dispatches Debate:
Muslims and Free Speech
Channel 4 Monday 23 October 2006, 8pm
Jon Snow chairs a special Dispatches debate on whether Muslims are threatening freedom of speech in the UK. Recent events such as the protests over remarks made by the Pope about the nature of Islam; to demonstrations over the publication of Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed; to the censorship of works of art depicting holy scriptures have all raised an urgent question: whether the objections made by Muslims are legitimate reasons to prevent publication or display? Jon Snow will question a series of guests who have been directly involved in these controversies.
Anyone any views on this they wish to share?
I'm just as frightened of these evangelist christian lunatics as I am radical muslims ...
You know the type ... the ones that think if you play Grand Theft Auto you're Satan himself and if you m@sturbate you're worse than Jack the Ripper ...
And I love the double standards ... heh .. you've got to :)
'God has endless love and endless forgiveness ... but if you don't pledge your soul to him and love him, may you burn for all eternity ...'
Basic Christian beliefs (I'm atheist) are good to hold. I hold the values without the God.
In many countries around the world .. religion comes before science, it comes before maths, it comes before anything at all ... I think language would suffer also but language is integral to learning, and you can't learn religion without it.
I couldn't live in a place like that, in many way I'm so glad that we live in civilised society where we can live how we want, say what we want and follow any belief system we want.
But I think that's slowly slipping away ... that guy got arrested in parliament for heckling the prime minister ... politicians are afraid to say what they really think in case they are asked to resign .. it's not just a muslim problem .. I think the whole world has got so much more paranoid since the 'War on terror' began. What a crock that is ... what the hell is a war on terror? Absolute tosh.
I beleive the rights of white british christians are now considered only if it doesn't affect the rights of any other ethnic group.
The veil issue is simple - I do not believe the veil should be worn in public or in the work place, simply because it obscures identity (working in GAME you need to see pictures of the face on the ID card - how can tyou see the face if it is covered by a veil?), it is really difficult to understand somebody if you can't see their mouths forming the words and also it's a bit anti-social.
I bring the veil topic as an example in the freedoms because it is perfectly ok for them to where a veil, yet if a teenager wears a hoody up and covers their face with a scarf whilst in public, the police are on them like a shot. I don't agree with a teenager doing this - even if he is white british/any other race and religion. So if he is considered "anti-social" and a threat, why aren't the people who choose to wear the veil? And if everybody wore the veil, who would be able to tell everyone apart.
I believe freedom of speech and the freedom of just living is rapidly running away and I can see a time not too far away from now (perhaps in the next 10-15 years) where the BNP and NF get into power. It would be a terrible thing, but I can already see them playing on our insecurities.
Something needs to be done soon and be done fairly./ I have no problem with other cultures in Britain, I just want them to follow our law system (which is based on Christinaity) just like if we visited a Muslim/Hindu/Sikh etc country, we'd have to obey their base law system (based on their religion).
I've waffled a bit, but there you go. My points on freedoms put over.
I feel the same about any group of people that tries to force others to live by it's values ... whoever that might be.
So here's the next controversial topic, shown tonight on C4 ...
The Dispatches Debate:
Muslims and Free Speech
Channel 4 Monday 23 October 2006, 8pm
Jon Snow chairs a special Dispatches debate on whether Muslims are threatening freedom of speech in the UK. Recent events such as the protests over remarks made by the Pope about the nature of Islam; to demonstrations over the publication of Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed; to the censorship of works of art depicting holy scriptures have all raised an urgent question: whether the objections made by Muslims are legitimate reasons to prevent publication or display? Jon Snow will question a series of guests who have been directly involved in these controversies.
Anyone any views on this they wish to share?