• From: Wellington New Zealand
  • Registered: 2010-03-24
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Topic: hate speech

If you can`t express your views in a legitimate way
your opinion suppressed
but others opinion.... night and day
give it a name....bring in a law
call it hate speech
they can now stop your free speech
but not you thoughts
when frustration grows
from being ignored and suppressed
unfortunately good people cornered
into thinking violence the best

The King Of Audio Torture

2 Reply by Tenement Funster (edited by Tenement Funster 2018-04-25 09:16:00)

  • From: Nova Scotia, Canada
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Re: hate speech

Good words, EB ...

I once read that when one is truly at peace with their convictions, they don't feel the need to impose them on others.

  • From: The Land Of Song
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Re: hate speech

Another goodie. I don't know who said it but the quote goes something like....I may not agree with what you're saying, but I'll fight to the death for your right to say it!

Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.

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Re: hate speech

François-Marie Arouet, known by his nom de plume Voltaire said it

When words don't work - violence is the path that is next chosen

to quote a Jackie DeShannon 1965 song  ( re-done by Dionne Warwick)   " What The World Needs Now, Is Love, Sweet Love"
Good one Brian!


Jim

Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

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  • From: Wellington New Zealand
  • Registered: 2010-03-24
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Re: hate speech

Many thanks guys for taking the time to read and comment.
I`m not quite sure what this poem is about,but i was surprised
to hear the UK has a hate speech law.Recently a top sportsman here
who is a christian quoted the bible when asked a question about gays.
Well it has just gone ballistic,totally out of all proportion.
i guess in a country with a dictator you get killed or locked up, in a so called democracy
you just get hounded out of your job.

The King Of Audio Torture
  • Registered: 2015-07-31
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Re: hate speech

Does me not liking some sorts of music qualify for hate speech?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uqNLnEzDLA

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Re: hate speech

Peatle that is a great one... I have used it in my classes.
Here is another one of my favorites that I show my students. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoKzCff8Zbs
The difference between RFK and our recent American leaders is as wide as the oceans.

Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.

"Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except only the the best." - Henry Van Dyke
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Re: hate speech

Thank  you Jim  first time I have seen that one with Robert F Kennedy a powerful video. Your students have a good teacher in you. what you teach I am sure will have positive impacts on their thoughts and future life. Her is a song about the Kennedys by a local Kiwi lass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a6hu6Z7Pkg