tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post3552953915893580057..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: Old right vs. alt-rightSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-18188190281211079082017-02-24T13:28:59.079-05:002017-02-24T13:28:59.079-05:00Not sure of the relevance, but it's a scandal ...Not sure of the relevance, but it's a scandal for any European country to have a blasphemy law on the books in the 21st century. Here's an English-language report from a Danish news source:http://www.thelocal.dk/20170222/danish-man-who-burned-koran-charged-for-blasphemy. The law has been invoked only four times in the last century, from what I've read, and this is the first case of anti-Mulsim expression to be prosecuted, while the notorious Muhammad cartoons, which first appeared in a Danish paper, were reported to authorities but not prosecuted. According to a 2012 poll, two-thirds of Danes opposed repeal of the blasphemy law; see http://cphpost.dk/news/national/danes-overwhelmingly-support-their-own-blasphemy-law.html. The UN and the Council of Europe are on record opposing blasphemy laws. In the US the 1952 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Burstyn,_Inc._v._Wilson" rel="nofollow">Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson</a> decision confirmed that legislation against blasphemy would be unconstitutional under the First Amendment.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-79674212699731204832017-02-24T12:58:54.898-05:002017-02-24T12:58:54.898-05:00Meanwhile, in Denmark, a man has been charged with...Meanwhile, in Denmark, a man has been charged with blasphemy after recording himself burning the quran. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4252928/Man-charged-blasphemy-burning-Koran.html<br />Apparently the Danish have gone from being among the most feared warriors of old Europe to being effeminate weaklings who refuse to defend their own culture from the muslim incursion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com