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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: TimF who wrote (66399)6/9/2008 11:46:26 PM
From: TimF   of 90947
 
Pakistan to Europe: abolish free speech, or else
By Ezra Levant on June 8, 2008 1:30 PM | Permalink | |

Like many of you, my Internet home page is the newsy Daily Times of Pakistan.

Here is their report that six high-ranking Pakistani officials will fly to Brussels today to "ask" the European Union to restrict freedom of speech:

Pakistan will ask the European Union countries to amend laws regarding freedom of expression in order to prevent offensive incidents such as the printing of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the production of an anti-Islam film by a Dutch legislator, sources in the Interior Ministry told Daily Times on Saturday.

My favourite part of the story is the last two sentences. They fit together perfectly, almost like a Shakespearian rhyming couplet:

...the delegation would also tell the EU that if such acts against Islam are not controlled, more attacks on the EU diplomatic missions abroad could not be ruled out.

Sources said that the delegation would also hold discussions on inter-religious harmony during its meetings with the EU leaders.

Got that? If Western governments don't censor their press, they should expect more terrorist attacks. And, with that threat as their opening offer, they're now willing to begin "discussions on inter-religious harmony".

But just as long as everyone knows what will happen if the West decides to be disharmonious.

I note in passing that the Pakistani delegation isn't coming to Canada. Why bother? Our human rights commissions are already doing what Pakistan wants, prosecuting Islamic fatwas using the resources of the state.

ezralevant.com
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