Holland's MP prosecuted for anti-Islam film

Something that should be made clear is that regardless of his politics of either the right or the left, Geert Wilders has never advocated violence against anyone, not anyone. When he made his film "Fitna," Muslims around the world, including ones claiming to not be radicals, called for his death.

Once again, as I posted this before on another article on this bringing of charges against Wilders, here is a link to that film:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=216_1207467783

The principle is widely accepted: Your freedom of speech does not allow you to shout “Fire” in a crowded theater. That the people trampling or being trampled to death might be stupid, evil, or religiously fanatical is irrelevant. Public safety trumps, same as it does when a murderer or drunk driver is arrested.

To shout “Fire!” while standing on a secluded beach would be no problem, of course. In other words, it’s not what you’re saying that matters; it’s the circumstances prevailing when and where you’re saying it. So how does one know where the fuzzy dividing line falls? It’s determined by mounds of well documented experience, largely evident to common sense.

Good for him i hope he goes to jail

this sounds like a bunch of bullshit

It seems that the Dutch have a different version of freedom of speech than we do. How coul it be proven that he incites individuals to violence? So far the only violence that I am aware of is from the ones who wish to quiet him. The accepted ways to handle hate speech are to speak out against it or ignore it. Those that commit violence cannot use it as an excuse for their acts.

This is ridiculous! "Mr Wilders has had police protection since Dutch director Theo Van Gogh was killed by a radical Islamist in 2004."

Ohh, no, Islam is peaceful.

This is one of those really tricky issues, isn't it. It's the difference between freedom to express an opinion and constraint against inciting to violence. A prime example in the U.S. is right-wing radio. Rory O'Connor's book Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives. The guy who walked into a U.U. church during a children's program and started shooting was a habitual listener and had three books by the shock jock in the car he drove to the scene of the murders.