Re: Danish MP guilty of the crime of "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" Muslims

2011-01-13 Thread Steven Jamar
1. Isn't it easy to avoid the hate speech by avoiding the calumny of all Muslims and just report the facts? 2. What defense do you have for such race/religion/ethnic slurs? 3. Truth is what here - that all Muslims do in fact engage in honor killings? Or that just Muslims do? Or that there

RE: Danish MP guilty of the crime of "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" Muslims

2011-01-13 Thread Volokh, Eugene
1. Well, recall that Langballe was simply saying "there are Muslim fathers who rape their daughters when the truth instead seems to be that they make do with killing daughters (so-called honour killings) -- and moreover turn a blind eye to rapes by uncles." He seems to think tha

Re: Danish MP guilty of the crime of "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" Muslims

2011-01-13 Thread Steven Jamar
This wasn't an academic study with empirical conclusions. On Jan 13, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote: > 3. But say that it’s false, and that this behavior isn’t more > common among Muslims than among others. How can we possibly know that, if > it’s a crime to challenge this or

Re: Danish MP guilty of the crime of "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" Muslims

2011-01-13 Thread Steven Jamar
so, in short, you have no defense of hate mongering other than we allow it under our constitution. On Jan 13, 2011, at 7:28 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote: >1. Well, recall that Langballe was simply saying “there are > Muslim fathers who rape their daughters when the truth instead se

Bans on "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" religious groups, and social science

2011-01-13 Thread Volokh, Eugene
So? First, the law doesn't have an exception for academic studies with empirical conclusions. But, second, and more important, the progress of social science -- and other science -- doesn't consist solely of academic studies. How do social scientists even figure

Re: FW: Danish MP guilty of the crime of "insult[ing] or denigrat[ing]" Muslims

2011-01-13 Thread ArtSpitzer
Question: How many Danes does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: I can't answer that question; it would be a crime. [Name withheld to prevent extradition] ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change opt