I have had a lot of responses to the extracts from my interview on hate speech and the law, many of which argue that speech that does not directly incite violence but creates a climate in which such violence becomes more probable should be banned. As one respondent put it in a comment thread: If I say that all Moslems, Catholics, homosexuals, vegans, and so on, are terrorists and a danger to the nation, I’m not inciting DIRECTLY to violence, […]

Categories: Free Speech • Tags: danish cartoons, free speech, From Fatwa to Jihad, hate speech, incitement laws, kenan malik's books, law, rushdie affair