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        Faith & Freedom of Expression 
   DIR By: Pearlh
       Date: January 16, 2015, 1:31 pm
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       It is of course a myth that we have anything resembling free
       speech.
       The list of things that cannot be discussed publicly goes on and
       on.
       In the seventies there was a huge controversy about IQ
       differences between the races. A number of prominent scientists
       including Eyesenck and Watson (one of the DNA guys) produced
       substantial evidence that the were such differences. They have
       effectively become non persons and it is absolutely forbidden to
       discuss the subject. In our own times, the Holocaust is perhaps
       the most egregious example. But it is worth bearing in mind the
       huge confusion between belief so called fact. So you could be
       branded a criminal in Europe for not believing in the Holocaust,
       though belief is defined as acceptance or an opinion of
       something without proof. If I deny the battle of Hastings, I
       might be called perverse, but nothing really follows from that,
       other than that people might think I'm an oddball. But the
       position with regard to the Holocaust is far worse because of
       the fusion and confusion between belief and 'fact'.
       The only thing western society seems committed to is what in
       traditional terms might be called obscenity or pornography, you
       could also say that this French magazine Charlie Hebdo, was not
       defending free speech , because there is no free speech in it,
       or anything rational, only a sub-literate pornography and
       obscenities.
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