? "Nashton" <nananan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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news:FJJXg.4744$cz.68064@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Alistair Sim wrote:
>>
>> An extreme example of political correctness. Just what I was alluding
to
>> in a previous article. Yes there are limits to free speech,
particularly
>> if it involves threats to someones life or character, but this is
>> ridiculous in the extreme. Germany is another example with its'
Holocaust
>> Denial Law. A person has a right to believe and/or voice his or her
>> opinion as he or she wants, within reason.
>>
>>
>>
>> Turkish Foreign Ministry Delivers Harsh Reaction to France
>> Thursday, October 12 2006 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
11:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>>
>>
>> The Foreign Ministry has stated that relations between Turkey and
France
>> received a severe blow with the passing of the controversial genocide
>> denial bill.
>>
>> The statement made by the ministry remarked that, “The long-standing
>> historical relations between Turkey and France, which have grown
through
>> the centuries with great care, have received a severe blow today
because
>> of the irresponsible attempts - based on groundless claims - of a group
>> of French politicians who are unable to appreciate the consequences of
>> the policies they follow.”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The statement continues: “Despite of all the diplomatic and
parliamentary
>> efforts carried out hand in hand at all levels for a long time by the
>> Turkish Parliament, our citizens in France, our non-governmental
>> organizations and business environments; after being submitted to the
>> French National Assembly by the Socialist Party last May without any
>> results, the passing of the bill this time on Oct.12, 2006 in the
French
>> National Assembly, envisaging severe punishment for denying the
Armenian
>> genocide, has caused a profound grievance.”
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Sheer Disappointment
>> A statement released said that today’s Armenian genocide bill would
have
>> to go through a long process for it to become a law.
>>
>> It must pass through the senate before final approval by the French
>> president.
>>
>> Nonetheless, with this first step taken by the French parliament, the
>> Turkish government is disappointed.
>>
>> The statement also reassured the Turkish government of efforts by the
>> French government to put a stop to any progress with the Armenian bill.
>>
>> “This bill , a violation of both the French constitutional system that
>> gives the utmost priority to freedom of expression and the European
>> Treaty that specifies situations when freedom of expression and of
>> thought can be restricted, goes against the values of liberty,
>> brotherhood and equality, identified with the French nation, a source
of
>> inspiration for free world,” the statement read.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> A Typical Contradiction
>> In the statement, it is said “It is a typical contradiction for a
>> country’s
>> parliament to say, by means of top authorities, that the parliament has
>> no task of rewriting history, this responsibility belongs to historians
>> when it is about its own history but assumes a right to judge other
>> states’ history and to penalize.” In the statement it is also mentioned
>> that discussing such a bill in France is an example of a double
standard.
>> The statement reads as follows:
>>
>> “Despite important reforms we have realized in recent years in order to
>> develop fundamental rights and freedoms and in a period when Turkey is
>> advised to take additional steps on freedom of expression, the
discussion
>> on such topics as the bill in France is another double standard. A
>> State’s
>> credibility depends on protecting values that they lay down for others
to
>> follow.
>>
>> This bill takes the freedom of thought and expression hostage in a way
>> totally contrary to a democratic regime has sparked a deep outrage in
the
>> Turkish nation as well as in our Armenian citizens.
>>
>> Seventy million Turkish people reject the restriction of freedom of
>> thought and expression with reference to baseless allegations.
>> Unfortunately, this bill makes France lose its privileged position by
the
>> Turkish people.”
> Finally, the French grow a brain.
> I'm surprised any of the MPs took some time away from Beaujolais or
> Bourgogne in order to enact such an insightful law.
Even if the denial of the Armenian genocide is a despicable action, I
believe that freedom of speech is above everything, so such a law should
not
be ever voted!
It is supposed that we Europeans are better than the stratocrat fascists
of
Ankara and we are not using their methods!
We are *NOT* like them!
So let them speak, even if they LIE!
--
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in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
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> When Toorkey is a member of the club of civilized nations and member of
> the EU in 3056 AD, they might get it eventually.
>
> --
> Nicolas
>
>
> "And, heaving alljawbreakical expressions out of Sare Isaac's universal
of
> specious aristmystic unsaid, A is for Anna like L is for liv."
> Finnegans Wake (293)
>
> ".... It means that all living things are the product of mindless
material
> forces such as chemical laws, natural selection, and random variation.
So
> God is totally out of the picture, and humans (like everything else) are
> the accidental product of a purposeless universe. Do you wonder why a
lot
> of people suspect that these claims go far beyond the available
evidence?"
> Phillip E.Johnson, The Church Of Darwin.
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