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Islamists Firebomb Charlie Hebdo Magazine. Time’s Bruce Crumley Blames the Magazine.
This is simply breathtaking for its grotesqueness. A French newspaper practices freedom of the press, printing some satire directed toward Islam; the paper is subsequently firebombed by religious fanatics; and Bruce Crumley, Time magazine’s bureau chief in Paris, castigates the … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, free speech, freedom of the press, God, Islam, Jesus, muhammad, Paris
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Four Great Quotes from John Stewart Mill
Here are four good John Stuart Mill quotes: “The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the … Continue reading
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Tagged free speech, freedom, freedom of the press, john stewart mill, libertarian, libertarianism, liberty, philosophy, Politics
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Geoffry Robinson Tells the Story of How He Hid Salmon Rushdie
At the Daily Beast, Geoffery Robertson tells how he hid Salmon Rushdie from the Ayatollah Khomeni here.
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Tagged agnosticism, Christianity, free speech, freedom of the press, humanism, Islam, James Dobson, philosophy, religion, secularism
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An Outrageous Blow to Free Speech in Europe: A Turkish Court Bans Richard Dawkins’ Website from Turkey
The Guardian UK reports today that a Turkish court has set a ban on Richard Dawkins’ website. Money quote: A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents … Continue reading
Back to the Future: An Image of Book Burners and Icon Destroyers in Geneva, 1500s, and a Report by ABC News, 2008, on Sarah Palin’s Attempt to Ban Books from Wasilla Public Library
John Calvin’s Geneva, 16th century: And Sarah Palin’s Wasilla, 21st century:
