A certain female politician said once that
My seat in the senate is not worth anything if I can't vote according to my own beliefs.
So, I'm still of the opinion that my seat in parliament is not worth anything
if I don't bring forth issues which I believe to be correct.
Where legislation is concerned...
Defamation...
It's good that we have that on the books already.
Illegal threats
It's good that we have that on the books already.
And where incitement of an ethnic group is concerned..
that should be changed.
It should be changed in a way that...
if you incite to commit a crime, or foment the committing of a crime...
or to violence...
then that would punishable.
But if you just, offend some group,
it's too Interpretative.
That portion of the law should most definitely be changed.
I want to read this, I printed this just for this discussion
European Human Rights agreement, what it says...
Go ahead.
Thank you.
According to the European Convention on Human Rights
The freedom of expression is one of democratic society's central pillars
And then it continues like this...
The freedom of expression doesn't just touch information,
or thoughts...
that you deem approvingly,
or that you deem harmless, or inconsequential
but such expression that offends
shock,
and disturbs.
And then there's always the question of who is offended.
Of course someone is always offend by an opinion
It's a part of democracy.
It's the price for the freedom of speech.
And what we politicians, lawmakers must ensure,
is that we are treated equally before the law.
And for an example, if you watched the (Tuomas) Enbuske show that I was on a few weeks ago,
If Enbuske had said the same things about Mohamed,
in the same style about Mohamed as he did about Jesus.
Would he have the protection of the police?
Would he be needing protection from the police?
Or would he be violating the sanctity of religion?
Facing a trial judgement?
We clearly have double standards
Conflict between individual or community moral requirements
And presently through hate speech, we protect taboos...
one is Islam,
and the other is this gender neutral ideology term.
