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Comment Re:France vs. EU (Score 1) 343

IANAL but it seems to me this law [and any other like it] runs contrary to the UDHR.

To wit, article 19 states:

'Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.'

[source: Wikipedia - my emphasis]

According to the same Wikipedia article 'The International Bill of Human Rights consists of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [...] in 1976 [...] the Bill took on the force of international law.'

So they're up against not only EU law but international law as well.

That said, it's still going to be an uphill battle to get reconnected once you're cut off...

Comment Rights and Duties (Score 1) 874

Call me old fashioned, but in my view every Right brings with it a corresponding Duty. In this case, the flip side of the Right to Freedom of Expression is the Duty to be Civil in what you say and not go around pushing the limits of good taste [or even taste, period] as Messrs. Wilders and van Gogh are/were wont to do. So, IOW, say what you like but be polite about it.

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