Good For Norway!

[Kathianne]

In light of the left wings new 'anti-free speech' attitude:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/08/norway-repeals-blasphemy-law-in-response-to-charlie-hebdo-murders/


By Eugene Volokh (http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/eugene-volokh)May 8 at 5:12 PM<iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.95466a0b743d88fdf27be4b6df8e2945.en. html#_=1431192094431&dnt=false&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&screen_name=volokhc&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m" class="twitter-follow-button twitter-follow-button" title="Twitter Follow Button" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="width: 117px; position: static; visibility: visible; height: 20px;"></iframe><article style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: FranklinITCProLight, HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Local [Norway] (http://www.thelocal.no/20150507/norway-scraps-blasphemy-law-after-hebdo-attacks) reports:



Norway has scrapped its longstanding blasphemy law, meaning it is now legal to mock the beliefs of others, in a direct response to January’s brutal attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.The proposal to rush through the change [originally voted on in 2009, but delayed for technical reasons since then,] was made in February by Conservative MP Anders B. Werp and Progress Party MP Jan Arild Ellingsen, who argued that the law “underpins a perception that religious expressions and symbols are entitled to a special protection”.“This is very unfortunate signal to send, and it is time that society clearly stands up for freedom of speech,” the two wrote in their proposal.



</article>Finn Jarle Sæle, editor of a Christian magazine, condemned the change as “cultural suicide,” and the initial 2009 move to repeal the law was opposed by the Christian Democrat party. The last prosecution under the law was apparently in 1933, and the last conviction in 1912.

[NightTrain]

I understand that Vikings draw the best muhammad cartoons. Looking forward to reviewing their work!

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I understand that Vikings draw the best muhammad cartoons. Looking forward to reviewing their work!
I have Viking blood in my veins and two of my older brothers, baby sister(exceptionally so) and my nephew are fine artists although none chose that as a career.
However, give me a box of crayons and I can draw a snake on a carpet and call it "Muslim Worships Its Master"!! :laugh:-Tyr

[Drummond]

In light of the left wings new 'anti-free speech' attitude:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/08/norway-repeals-blasphemy-law-in-response-to-charlie-hebdo-murders/

Wow. In the UK, we'd call it satire, which is fully permissible, since the nature of satire should preclude it from being seen as 'hatespeech' per se. At least, that's the UK way of looking at it.

To us, either something's 'hatespeech', i.e, deliberately publicly expressed to inflame hatred or intolerance in others, or it's not. If it is, then it's actionable in law.

[Kathianne]

Wow. In the UK, we'd call it satire, which is fully permissible, since the nature of satire should preclude it from being seen as 'hatespeech' per se. At least, that's the UK way of looking at it.

To us, either something's 'hatespeech', i.e, deliberately publicly expressed to inflame hatred or intolerance in others, or it's not. If it is, then it's actionable in law.

Hate speech is just the way government can enforce the censorship it wishes.