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A democracy tipping over the edge

March 2, 2005

From the Volokh conspiracy: Harsh criticism of religion outlawed.  It seems that in Austria Australia, speech that disparages a religion or a group of people is now punishable by law. 

Is this where we’re headed if we can’t overcome our reluctance to offend people?  This is an amazingly, astoundingly, incredibly bad, very awful idea.  And NOW would be an excellent, very appropriate time to stop and reconsider the real consequences to democracy of political correctness.

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  1. Socialist Swine
    March 3, 2005 at 03:26 | #1
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    Political correctness is getting a bit out of hand.  It takes all the fun out of social discourse.

  2. *** Dave
    March 3, 2005 at 11:13 | #2
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    Australia, not Austria.

  3. Socialist Swine
    March 3, 2005 at 11:24 | #3
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    That makes more sense Austria is a pretty liberal place.  Australia under John Howard, that’s an entirely different story.

  4. decrepitoldfool
    March 3, 2005 at 11:44 | #4
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    Thanks, ***Dave!  Got it corrected.  Wouldn’t want “Ah-nuld” to come give me a whuppin for disparaging his homeland!

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