Comments on: Censorship net closes in http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/08/07/censorship-net-closes-in/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:38:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tom Rees http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/08/07/censorship-net-closes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7368 Tom Rees Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:23:17 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=1371#comment-7368 When people argue for limits on free speech, it's usually to prevent incitement. But what's happening here is the opposite. The religious extremists will use the books to incite violence... and for that reason we should ban the books! That really is intolerable. With that caveat, I can sympathise with Random House. At least they condemn the religious psychos, whilst admitting that it's not an issue they're willing to die for (and who can blame them). Amazon, on the other hand, appears to be on the side of the fruitcakes. When people argue for limits on free speech, it’s usually to prevent incitement. But what’s happening here is the opposite. The religious extremists will use the books to incite violence… and for that reason we should ban the books! That really is intolerable.

With that caveat, I can sympathise with Random House. At least they condemn the religious psychos, whilst admitting that it’s not an issue they’re willing to die for (and who can blame them). Amazon, on the other hand, appears to be on the side of the fruitcakes.

]]> By: tony ewing http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/08/07/censorship-net-closes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-7308 tony ewing Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:18:37 +0000 http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=1371#comment-7308 I hate to say this but in order to have the freedom that allows 'The Jewel of Medina' to be published, it also must allow Hoffman’s 'Judaism Discovered' to be published, no matter how repugnant that may be. Otherwise we are no better that the religious twats that would silence us all. I hate to say this but in order to have the freedom that allows ‘The Jewel of Medina’ to be published, it also must allow Hoffman’s ‘Judaism Discovered’ to be published, no matter how repugnant that may be. Otherwise we are no better that the religious twats that would silence us all.

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