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Old 01-19-2004, 01:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Politically Correct: Idiocy on Parade

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"If I am not allowed to say that there are Arab states that are evil, despotic and treat women abominably, if I am not allowed to say that, which I know to be a fact, then what can I say?" he said.

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Old 01-19-2004, 05:40 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, you know, wallie_x, there isn't any First Amendment in Britain. And people there often get hit with enormous libel judgments for publishing remarks that are perfectly fair to make here.

That said, he hasn't been fined, jailed, beaten up, or had a fatwa put out against him; he's been suspended from his spot on a talk show.
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