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Skriven 2005-11-09 15:50:29 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
     Kommentar till en text av FRANK SCHEIDT
Ärende: Re: Plates
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Frank,
 
> Of course, I'll admit, I'm spoiled, living in
> the United States where we have constitutionally-guaranteed free
> speech.
 
That is indeed what is written in the relevant ammendment.  It does not mean
that you have more freedoms than we do overhere ... except of course when you
mean that it is perfectly OK to distribute for example the Nazistic innuendo
we've seen in this or another conference. Plus of course that there still is a
Nazi-party in the US, here that would be outlawed.
 
Freedom of speech?
 
> Obviously not *all* Muslims in France are burning cars.
> If they were there'd be no cars left to burn!
 
Time to make a one-way trip towards reality, Frank. Forgotten the Watts riots
from 1965?
 
The Watts riots were a large-scale civil disorder lasting six days in Los
Angeles, California on Aug.11 1965. During the riots, 34 people were killed,
1,100 people were injured, 4,000 people were arrested, and an estimated $100
million in damage was caused.
 
A gubernatorial commission investigated the riots, identifying the causes as
high unemployment, poor schools, and other inferior living conditions. The
government made little effort to address the problems or repair damages. Some
commentators claim that the riots arose out of frustration that the promised
opportunities of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 had not materialised.
 
What happened in France has the same problems at its roots ... high
unemployment, poor schooling, inferior living conditions. Remember a couple of
fires some weeks ago in housing blocks.
 
Take care,
 
 \%/@rd

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