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Free speech is a rare quantity and many Americans are all too unaware of how rare it really is. Israel, like Europe or Canada, does not have actual free speech, instead it has free speech subject to government discretion and the politically correct sensitivity of "oppressed minorities".
While mockery, contempt and even outright hatred for Judaism and Jews can be found on TV shows, political commercials, editorial cartoons and throughout the Israeli left wing media, when directed at Arabs quickly becomes a criminal offense. And that is no joking matter. Tatiana Soskin, a young Jewish immigrant who drew a cartoon of Mohammed as a pig and pinned it to a door, served time in jail for it.
Today however in Israel it is a poet going on trial.
A Poet Goes on Trial in Israel for Verses Offensive to Arabs
Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:26 AM EST
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For some reason I find hard to understand-- much of the workld feels that protecting someone from hurt feelings is more important than guaranteeing free speech. I, for one, am grateful that I live in a country where the concept of free speech is so important!
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#1 - Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:18 PM ESTAlthough, despite the fact that limiting free speech is quite repugnant to me, it is nice to hear one more confirmation that all Jews and all Arabs really do have equal rights in Israel, and that Israel really isn't the collection of neo-fascist, Nazi, classist, fascist war criminals that decent Viners would surely condemn.
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#2 - Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:07 PM ESTit is nice to hear one more confirmation that all Jews and all Arabs really do have equal rights in Israel
Well, the point of the article here is that not all Jews and Arabs have equal rights in Israel - outspoken Jews with right-wing political positions are apt to be silenced by the establishment if they speak their minds too much.
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