by Marc » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:59 pm
Hi, Trevor,
Along with the stuff about the Amish, I was recently viewing some YouTube videos about the '68ers in France: French baby-boomers who really raised hell in France in May of 1968 and who practically brought the country to its knees. There were enough moderating forces to keep that from happening (as one might generally expect in an Awakening period), but it was tense. However, in this current Crisis period, I'm seriously wondering if the French law that was partially passed to make it illegal to deny the Armenian genocide is being heavily fueled by Islamophobia, despite my own profound distaste in anyone denying the Armenian genocide or any genocide.
I also feel that it is wise to allow as much free speech as possible, but again, given Europe's troubled history, I can see why these anti-genocidal-defamation laws exist or are being promoted. And, this time, the passing of more such laws in Europe may have a negative effect of causing tinderbox relations between, say, France and Turkey or between Israel and Turkey, and possibly lead to more bloodshed. Thus, I think we are on similar pages thought-wise with all of this. —Best regards, Marc
Hi, Trevor,
Along with the stuff about the Amish, I was recently viewing some YouTube videos about the '68ers in France: French baby-boomers who really raised hell in France in May of 1968 and who practically brought the country to its knees. There were enough moderating forces to keep that from happening (as one might generally expect in an Awakening period), but it was tense. However, in this current Crisis period, I'm seriously wondering if the French law that was partially passed to make it illegal to deny the Armenian genocide is being heavily fueled by Islamophobia, despite my own profound distaste in anyone denying the Armenian genocide or any genocide.
I also feel that it is wise to allow as much free speech as possible, but again, given Europe's troubled history, I can see why these anti-genocidal-defamation laws exist or are being promoted. And, this time, the passing of more such laws in Europe may have a negative effect of causing tinderbox relations between, say, France and Turkey or between Israel and Turkey, and possibly lead to more bloodshed. Thus, I think we are on similar pages thought-wise with all of this. —Best regards, Marc