A slippery slope

Submitted by MikeKu (United States), Mar 14, 2013 at 11:05

This is a very slippery slope. First we exclude Jews, then Hindus, then Catholics and then there will be only Moslems to judge us. A similar situation is going on in the US with the notion of curtailing free speech when it comes to criticizing Islam and Mohammad. Islamists have no problem criticizing Jews, Israel, America with a vitriol not seen in the past but when a word is said about the fact that Mohammad was a pedophile, polygamist, etc., the Moslems of the world go nuts. They know little about freedom of speech. As Jefferson said "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." That philosophy has nothing to do with Islam and therein lies the problem.

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