Far-right German group plans to show anti-Islamic film

[rachel1]

A far-right Islamophobic group in Germany has said it wants to screen the anti-Islamic film that has sparked deadly protests across the Muslim world.

The Pro Deutschland Citizens' Movement has already posted the trailer for Innocence of Muslims, which insults the prophet Muhammad, on its website. Now it says it wants to stage a screening of the film in Berlin.

"For us, it's a question of art and freedom of expression," Manfred Rouhs, the group's head, told Der Spiegel magazine.

The authorities are determined to use whatever legal means at their disposal to prevent the move. "Such groups and organisations only want to provoke Germany's Muslims," the interior minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, told the magazine. He accused them of "recklessly pouring oil on the fire".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/16/germany-group-anti-islamic-film

Unlike the US where idiots are allowed to insult Muslims on the basis of their religion and avoid most if not any punishment, it's a good thing that more progressive countries, such as Germany, realize that that kind of hate speech should never be tolerated and spewed in order to incite hatred and violence.

[Nye Bevan]

1. You think the First Amendment should be redone so that "hate speech" is no longer protected? (nt)

[rachel1]

4. Hate speech that results in violence ought to be

scrutinized and modified to criminalize those who KNOW their behaviors will result in violence.

Are the US embassy attacks not good enough as evidence?

It's not as if there are already free-speech limits on defamation, slander, riot incitement, harassment, etc. and thankfully those kinds of speech are criminalized.

[former-republican]

8. Seriously

You're talking about going as far as making a cartoon that offends a religion illegal in this country.

Really ...

That's scary you think like that.
Whats next.......
Make it illegal if a political cartoon offends someone.

[okieinpain]

18. Agree. N/t.

[former-republican]

5. Also it should be made illegal

to protest the government. Lets also make it a crime to deny the Holocaust.
Prison sentence for anyone in the U.S that does.

[RobertEarl]

14. On DU that will get you PPR.

And for good reason.

There need to be some limits to keep kooks from causing hurt.

[loli phabay]

2. yeah god forbid we insult muslims or christians or third day hoppists

its about time we had daily mocking in all the media,

[RobertEarl]

9. The US is in a unique position with responsibilities

It makes no sense for the US to be seen disrespecting any religion. But at this point we are seen as disrespectful by many. This is a global position which the US finds itself and we must tread carefully.

Germany, which suffered much from disrespectful leaders knows better than to let that cat out of the bag.

[4th law of robotics]

3. If Muslims can be so easily provoked to violence

and so readily doesn't that kind of argue some of their points?

"Islam is a violent religion that cannot integrate in to our free and law based society"
-no it isn't and you can't say that or they'll riot and kill everyone!

Best solution here: they are free to air it. Muslims protest peacefully and do nothing else.

That is what I would like to see happen everywhere. That is the kind of world I'd like to live in.

[loli phabay]

6. its is kind of funny, dont you dare say we are violent or we will kill you,

its probuably going to need the majority of muslims to stand up and say to the nuts shut tha feck up but its something i dont see happening in my lifetime.

[jberryhill]

7. Do the majority of Christians police the nuts on their side?

[loli phabay]

10. id say yes, you dont get the same level of assceptance when some nut goes of the deep end

[jberryhill]

11. I got Peter Popoff offering me his Miracle Spring Water!

He rakes in a mint. Glad to know he hasn't gone off the deep end.

[loli phabay]

12. hell if the nuts who follow the other nuts preaching just sold us bottled water rather than holy war

then we would all be good.

[jberryhill]

13. They're both after the same thing

And they both use the same techniques.

And they both are unrepresentative of anyone who thinks they are a "normal" adherent of the respective nominal faiths.

[loli phabay]

15. not sure i get selling you spring water and your death if your an apostate or gay

or if you insult someones god as the same thing.

[cthulu2016]

16. idiots are also to allowed to post pro-censorship bullshit here in America

[outsideworld]

17. Well

this should take the heat of america A bit

[okieinpain]

20. Really agree. Lol,hell every free country

On earth should show the stupid movie. Lets see them hit up all of those embassies

[nanabugg]

19. Keep that shit in Germany. There will be "freedom of response." nt