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We Need To Apologize
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I followed with great interest many news television networks and newspapers. Maybe I missed it, but I did not see any reporting in the media’s about a United Nation’s Human Rights Council adopting a resolution to curtail freedom of the speech that may be defaming (negative statements, even if true) to any religion; especially Islam. Continued hate speech against Islam and Muslims was sighted as the reason the resolution was necessary. The resolution was adopted on October the second without a vote.
The packaging of this resolution as human rights issues is insulting to intelligent citizens. How anyone can believe putting restrictions on an individuals rights of freedom of the speech as supporting human rights is BS. This type of action we expect in tyrant controlled governments. This is a clear violation of The United States Constitution with regard to freedom of speech. The French defended the resolution. The French Ambassador to the United Nations “declared that human rights laws protect individuals in free speech and freedom of religion and does not protect belief systems.” What a bunch of double talk? How anyone can say the right of free speech does not extend to a belief system, and still call it free speech has critical thought skill problems.
The resolution appears to approve punishment of an individual that talks about Jesus Christ because it may inflame Islam and Muslims. How far this will go is anyone’s guess. This resolution appears to give approval/justification for Islam nations to block news media avenues that support any belief other than Islam, to prohibit religious missionary schools, etc.
According to “Front Page”, “On October 1, 2009, the Obama administration in conjunction with the Egyptian government, introduced an anti-free speech measure to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council (HRC). It was adopted the next day without a vote.”
Maybe we need to apologize to the Vatican, Israel, International Christian Broadcasters, etc.
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Okay, I went to the United Nations human rights council website to read the resolutions from the 12th session. #12/16 addresses the need to recognize the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression is one of the essential foundations of a democratic society. It then condemns the killing of journalists and media workers and expresses a need for greater protection. Totally contrary to your statement of blocking media freedom, it calls for NOT using national security to unjustifiably or arbitrarily restricting freedom of opinion & expression. Way down at item #4 it expresses its concern that incidents of racial/religious intolerance and hatred inciting hostility & violence. It urges members to take effective measures to address & combat such incidents. Nowhere does it mention specific religions and nowhere does it call for punishment for free speech. I have no idea what "Front Page" is, but I'd guess it is some group that likes to dream up wild scenarios to advance their anti-Obama agenda.
October 26, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.A large majority of the member states of the United Nations see no problem with infringing on others' right to freedom of speech because their citizens are not allowed this freedom, and are frequently imprisoned for trying to exercise it. Think Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, three Socialist Workers Paradises, and that is just in this hemisphere.
October 26, 2009 at 12:06 p.m.or perhaps we should apologize to all the peoples around the world who have their human rights violated in the name of religion
atheists have it right...read Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Russell, Hitchens...free speech doesn't hurt anyone, but the free practice of religion sure does
October 26, 2009 at 10:58 a.m.I'm a christian. I don't badmouth other religons. I pray the God I believe in comes to "clean the yard" of all the radical weeds that have popped up.
The diversity of religon is something that should be accepted by all. The extremeism that some engage in is a blasphemy to all religon. Those who perpetuate such actions, terrorist, human rights violators, and this free speech curtailing resolution, are the "weeds" I refer to.
October 26, 2009 at 8 a.m.