SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF “VILIFICATION” LAWS

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 2 Comments

The Australian State of Victoria has “anti-vilification” laws designed to punish “offensive” speech about other races and religions. The best-known application of them was a prosecution of two Christian pastors who dared to quote some of the more ludicrous passages from the Koran. That conviction was just recently thrown out by [...]

Inside Those ‘Moderate’ Mosques

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under News, Video, War On Terror | 10 Comments

If this is going on inside the so called ‘moderate Mosques’ in Britain, why wouldn’t it be going on in many of our own. One more reason the rules in this war need to change.

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Hat tip: Hot Air

24 Open Thread

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off

Update: Boom!!! It just went nuclear!
I’m not gonna be doing this for every episode, though I’m sure Lorie Byrd will and is. I’m preparing for a long trip. Between actually watching 24 and downloading tunes to the ipod I got for Christmas I’m pretty busy. My open thread yesterday wasn’t [...]

How Long Shall They Kill Our Prophets?

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 3 Comments

As a blog focused on civil liberties I would be amiss if I did not mention one of the greatest leaders towards equal rights in our history. I could try to use eloquent words to describe this legendary figure, but I can’t say anything that has not been said before. He speaks better [...]

ACLU Raises Objections Over Expanded Military and CIA Domestic Spying

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU, News, War On Terror | 4 Comments

The NY Times continues in their quest to leak out our methods to our enemies.
The Pentagon has been using a little-known power to obtain banking and credit records of hundreds of Americans and others suspected of terrorism or espionage inside the United States, part of an aggressive expansion by the military into domestic intelligence gathering.
The [...]

Criticism of Islam to become illegal thoughout Europe?

Posted on January 15, 2007 - Filed Under News | 7 Comments

The Germans have suddenly discovered a very modern use for their history:

“Germany intends to introduce a Europe-wide law banning the display of Nazi symbols and making denial of the Holocaust a crime to fulfil its “historical obligation” 62 years after the liberation of Auschwitz. Brigitte Zypries, the Justice Minister, will today outline [...]