Abramelin,Nov 21 2004, 01:05 PM Wrote:How come racist organizations are forbidden in the European Union,and they are not in the USA ? Maybe there is a different conception of what is freedom betwen the USA an UE;
Racism is a crime in UE,so any racist organization is declared illegal,and any kind of racism is punished by laws.Is that hard to apply over there?
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It comes down to "Freedom of Speech". You have the right to say virtually anything so long as you don't actually do something illegal. Obvious exceptions include comments, no matter how joking, about bombs/terrorists/drugs while in airports and threats against public servants.
You have the right to believe whatever you want, no matter how ignorant it may be. The KKK does exist, but it's a joke compared to what it used to be.
And racism is certainly not limited to caucasians. I've met a good number of african and native-Americans who are quite openly racist (though they tended to direct their rage more towards The White System than towards individuals). Plus the always helpful and friendly south/central american and russian immigrants. This doesn't mean we're all sitting over here preparing for a race war. Most people you encounter, anywhere, regardless of race/gender/religion, won't like you. That's just how we function.
And the damn Canadians with their #$%&ing public healthcare. "woooo, I get drugs for free!"
Bastards.
What was I saying? Oh yeah. Racism.
The obvious exception is that gaggle of hippies that took over New York. No riots during a black-out? What kind of crap were they pulling?
It is very difficult to enforce laws that prohibit what someone can say or think; don't assume that the UE is racism free because anti-racism laws exist. I believe that there's a fairly large neo-Nazi movement in Germany, at least, though someone more worldy than I should be able to support or dismiss that.
It's like a drug trade in which no physical items change hands, only hateful ideals. And just look how successful the world's governments have been at controling drugs.
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