Sunday, October 30, 2011

Prison for freedom of expression in Europe

"European countries are taking political correctness to its most absurd extent. Here is a blog post about a proposed new law in Austria: "It is about extreme toughening of so-called incitement. Anyone who “makes contemptible or attempts to make contemptible” members of a certain group will in future be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

Thus, crimes purely of opinion are punished with prison, as in a dictatorship, even if the things expressed are the absolute truth.

And so, completely indeterminate terms like “make contemptible” are entered into the criminal code as crimes.

This damages the principle of equal treatment, since one may continue to make many groups contemptible, because they are not listed. It is permitted to make contemptible, for instance, entrepreneurs, farmers, priests, the rich, aristocrats, students, families, capitalists, Rotarians, fraternities, teachers, or Freemasons, but not groups defined by race, skin color, language, religion (including the most obscure sects), philosophy, citizenship, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, gender, handicap, age, or sexual orientation (camouflage word for homosexual).
Found here: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/10/end-of-freedom-of-expression-in-europe.html

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

Sorta makes that movie Minority Report real.