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2004-12-20 Down Under

Verdict in 'Vilifying Islam' Case Exposes Christian Fault Lines

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Posted by ed 2004-12-20 2:25:21 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Another irony was seen when Scot during the tribunal hearing quoted references from the Koran and other texts about the inferior status of women in Islam, he was asked by the female lawyer acting for the ICV to give only the references, because reading the verses out aloud in the courtroom constituted vilification.

"How can it be vilifying to Muslims in the [court]room when I am just reading from the Koran?" Scot asked the tribunal -- a question observers said basically could have applied to the entire case.

This is exactly how the P.C./Thought police are going to sell us ALL out to the Islamofascists! I can't believe that Australia's heading down this path first and so quickly though. Get ready for dhimmi status! I know who I'm more pissed at in this case, but it's hard to know who to be angrier at: the Islamofascists for crying "I'm offended," or the P.C. politicos for caving in and passing such a law in the first place.

Posted by BA 2004-12-20 3:36:24 PM|| 2004-12-20 3:36:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The "thoughtcrime" and one-sidedness of these "laws" in OZ land are so stupid as to almsot defy speaking about them.

First they trump up charges, then they refuse to let the person fully defend thier position by limiting his speech in revealing the bigoty built into fundamentalis "literal" Islam.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-12-20 3:45:47 PM|| 2004-12-20 3:45:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 And this wasn't speech that was out in the public square. Muslims deliberately attended the meetings at the church in order to "catch" these guys breaking the law.

How is this fact not at all a point of law in the case? How can there be a case when the muslims went out of their way to attend the meeting with the intention of bringing a case against the group? If they had not attended they would not have been offended. Who made them go? How are these people victims?

Has the world just gone completely mad?

Posted by peggy 2004-12-20 4:35:50 PM|| 2004-12-20 4:35:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Does anyone know the flowpath of judicial appeals in Australia?

I typically don't get too concerned about local court rulings because there's always some moonbat judge hitting the hooch too hard. It's once the appeals and supreme courts weigh in that you get the true flavor of what direction a society is drifting.

Posted by Dreadnought 2004-12-20 4:39:04 PM|| 2004-12-20 4:39:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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