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The misguided sheikh and free speech : Comments
By Mirko Bagaric, published 15/1/2007The splendour of free speech - the impertinent Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali is no longer capable of corrupting Muslim youth.
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When ever people are afraid to speak out or exercise their rights of citizenship because a minority can behave in a fashion that is excused or sought to be excused in the name of appeasement. That society becomes a little less. That was the message of those Germans who are able to talk about the insidiousness of toxic social disintegration.
Between you and I. I doubt Australia is any more immune than any other country.
We make every excuse for the Australian Muslim community for not speaking out against "their" leaders for spreading such filth. Excuses we would not make for any other culture. The word precedents come to mind. How do we respond when another culture takes up such behavior. And another will, eventually, because this has been a success. Victim and aggressor all in one. I get to strike out. I get to defame. I get to resort to violence. I get to because I am a victim. I am outside of your society while I live with in your nation. I get. You give.