Posted on 04/04/2011 6:50:43 PM PDT by kevinaw2
You can read the article HERE. Staffan de Mistura is the top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan and a witness to the murder of some of his companions. It was this quote at the end of the article I found revealing.
"Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions," de Mistura said. "Those who entered our building were actually furiously angry about the issue about the Quran. There was nothing political there." Clearly, he does not understand the principles of a free society. Culture,Religion and their traditions have ritually been subject to ridicule and outright persecution. It has as a matter of history often been justified. Every culture has established rigid class structures in one form or another. It is with free speech confronting the injustice of many traditions that have moved humanity forward.
Free speech does not extend to offending culture or religion and its traditions? Well, sir if a culture finds it desirable to kill defending printed type as sacred, then we need to offend more often because it seems they neglected to move forward with the rest of us. This is the 21st century, just because we no longer have gates doesn't mean the world lacks for barbarians, so stop making excuses.
Another supposedly well intended, profoundly ignorant squish-head who we are supporting with our tax dollars (and have supported all his adult life) and who feels qualified to challenge our Constitution and our beliefs. Some days I think we should just have bombed Afghanistan to down to rubble and sand and not put a foot on the ground there. Actually, most days. And I don’t want any more of the animals brought here, either.
"Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions," de Mistura said. "Those who entered our building were actually furiously angry about the issue about the Quran. There was nothing political there."Too bad the jihadists weren't more thorough.
Info on Mistura’s early years (and screwups)while a UN official operating in the Sudan can be found in the book, Requiem for the Sudan.
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