Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts

Mar 23, 2010

Coulter

Definition: noun. a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare. Also, coulter.

See also: Coulter, Ann. via Drudgereport.com.

Update: Oh dear. Who knew Canadians, far from the mild-mannered shrinking violets they're portrayed as, were a bunch of intolerant thugs?

Jan 28, 2010

Equal Rights for Foreign Transnationals!

So Obama disparaged the Citizens United decision in part because it would allow, in his misreading, foreign corporations the ability to contribute to campaigns.

Wait wait wait...don't we want to grant foreigners the same rights all Americans hold dear?

Feb 7, 2007

French magazine sued for printing Mohammed cartoons

Yes, those cartoons. Charlie Hebdo is being sued by two Muslim groups, Paris Mosque and the Union of Islamic Organisations of France, for insulting people on the basis of religion.
"If we no longer have the right to laugh at terrorists, what arms are citizens left with?" [Editor Philippe] Val asked.

"How is making fun of those who commit terrorist acts throwing oil on the fire?"

A lawyer for the magazine read a letter out from French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mr Sarkozy noted he was often a target of the magazine but said he would prefer "too many caricatures to an absence of caricature".

But the Muslim groups said Charlie Hebdo's decision to publish the cartoons "was part of a considered plan of provocation aimed against the Islamic community in its most intimate faith".