Comments on: International free speech roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/02/international-free-speech-roundup-4/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jason K. https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/02/international-free-speech-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-352395 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:39:54 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72965#comment-352395 “30 Years After the Rushdie Fatwa, Europe Is Moving Backward” on speech that gives religious offense” – One of the hard lessons of the early 21st century is shaping up to be that there is a trade-off between freedom and cultural diversity.

]]> By: Canvasback https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/02/international-free-speech-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-352392 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:04:16 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72965#comment-352392 Here’s another one from the UK:

“In March 2018, Labour MP Melanie Onn called for wolf whistling and cat-calling to be classed as hate crimes with a debate in the House of Commons, . . .”

It can be rude and unwelcome, but hate? Just the opposite.

Read more at: https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk./read-this/law-wolf-whistling-uk-what-to-do-if-you-are-a-victim-2/

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/02/international-free-speech-roundup-4/comment-page-1/#comment-352386 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:06:41 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=72965#comment-352386 When the Iranian government issued the fatwa against Rushdie, a British citizen, it was an act of war. It should have been treated as such. We’d have a lot fewer problems with people who think they get to tell others what they can and cannot say.

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