Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Double standards in the Netherlands

Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they will charge an Arab cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests the death of 6 million Jews during World War II is a fabrication. The Dutch arm of the Arab European League said it doesn't deny the reality of the Holocaust, but published the cartoon on its Web site as an "act of civil disobedience" to highlight a double standard. AEL chairman Abdoulmouthalib Bouzerda argued that prosecutors had not pressed charges against Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders for his film that included cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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  1. vzaSeptember 4, 2009 at 5:34 AM

    This is a double standard and it is simply nonsense. I also think those countries where it's a crime to deny the holocaust are silly, too. All of these type of cartoons may be in poor taste and insensitive, but it is wiser to ignore them or peacefully protest against them.

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