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March 22, 2006
The UN Attacks Denmark
Via RWDB comes this excellent post at Agora on a UN report from Human Rights Jedi Master Mace Windu
oops I mean UN special rapporteur Doudou Diéne
that tells us quite plainly who is at fault here:
“Finally, the Danish government’s first reaction - rejecting to take an official position on the nature and publication of the cartoons while referring to Freedom of Speech as well as rejecting to meet with the ambassadors from the Moslem countries - is symptomatic not only for the political trivialisation of Islamophobia but also, due to its consequences, to the central role those politically responsible have for the national extent and the international consequences in the shape of demonstrations and expressions of Islamophobia.”“Judicially, the Danish government ought therefore, especially considering its international obligations, to have, respecting Freedom of Speech, taken a position not only on the consequnces of the caricatures for its community of 200.000 Moslems but also for the protection of peace and order.”
“Their uncompromising defense of a Freedom of Speech without limits or restrictions is not in accordance with the international rules which are based on a necessary balance between Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion, especially to combat calls for racial and religious hatred, and which all the member countries of UN have decided are the basic rules for Human Rights. This attitude shows an alarming lack of sensitivity and understanding of the religious conviction and deep emotions of the groups of society in question. Thus the newspapers strengthen the connection between Islam and Terrorism which arose after September 11th and which is the most important reason for Islamophobia being on the rise in the world at large and in their own countries.”
Which means, in English (which is seemingly the one language that the UN hasn't printed this in, btw. Go figure), that it's the Dane's fault and they should throw the cartoonists in jail, as it is the newspapers and cartoons that are strengthening the link between Islam and Terrorism, not, oh, say the Islamic Terrorists that silly befuddled folk like me might be inclined to think are maybe, dare I assess, to blame.
Posted by Mr. Bingley at March 22, 2006 08:34 AM
Comments
"necessary balance between Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion"
Meaning some third world tin-pot despot gets to sit in judgement of my freedom of speech?
Up yours, UN.
Posted by: John at March 22, 2006 09:46 AM
Seriously. It's time to pull out of the UN. If nothing else, cutting off their cash flow will send those idiots back to their homelands to feed out of the trough there.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at March 22, 2006 09:53 AM
(Good Lord, I thought it was THIS guy. Of course, he COULD probably do better than the UN. A half starved, crazy hermit in furs could do better than the UN.)
Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 22, 2006 04:51 PM
their homelands to feed out of the trough there
It's all basically the same money anyway, isn't it?
Posted by: tree hugging sister at March 22, 2006 04:52 PM
Before the US cuts and runs out of anything like the UN, it had goddamned well better pay in the money it owes.
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