Sunday, March 23, 2008

Free Speech, anyone?

This is an appalling story of an infringement on free speech. A Dutch law maker has had his website where he intended to publish an anti-Koran movie shut down by his provider (seeminly under pressure from the Dutch government). The provider is a U.S. company, however, and it is simply appalling that they would cave in such a fashion. Their usage policy apparently contains a clause prohibiting "objectionable material of any kind or nature".

That's absurd - almost anything is objectionable to someone. Muslims who are protesting this movie and website are providing plenty of ammunition for critics of Islam. Get real, people. It's the 21st century.

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