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In reply to the discussion: Judge Rules MTA Must Run ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad on Buses, Subways [View all]Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)11. Sounds like a plan - or they could adopt the French method of mediation...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026469109
'A concert billboard for the benefit of Eastern Christians was refused by the advertising authority of the Paris metro. Reason given: the "principle of neutrality of a public service." And, political associations are up in arms.'
The advertising 'conseil' of the RATP, composed of all political stripes, has one sacrosanct rule:
True 'liberté d'expression', means NOBODY gets to spout their screed in public places.
'A concert billboard for the benefit of Eastern Christians was refused by the advertising authority of the Paris metro. Reason given: the "principle of neutrality of a public service." And, political associations are up in arms.'
The advertising 'conseil' of the RATP, composed of all political stripes, has one sacrosanct rule:
True 'liberté d'expression', means NOBODY gets to spout their screed in public places.
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Judge Rules MTA Must Run ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad on Buses, Subways [View all]
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
OP
Nor an absolute; which is why rational people hold varying opinions on its spectrum.
LanternWaste
Apr 2015
#7
'Treating speech equally'...well, there's this from Seattle. As LittleBlue so pertinently asks:
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#62
Start by asking the religioius clerics who preach that LGBT people should be killed. They do this.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#88
Do you believe if there was an anti-Christian ad on a public transit, it would be treated the same
still_one
Apr 2015
#78
For a freedom to be meaningful, it must extend to both the absurd and the extreme.
appal_jack
Apr 2015
#3
In nations where this kind of incendiary language has caused wars costing millions of lives,
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#5
How many of those nations had robust free speech protections prior to said tragedies?
appal_jack
Apr 2015
#83
How much money does the MTA bring in from advertising on busses and trains?
surrealAmerican
Apr 2015
#9
Sounds like a plan - or they could adopt the French method of mediation...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#11
Guess I should have rolled out this thing again for the sarcasm-challenged...
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#13
Stop dodging my question, I don't give a damn about anything else you have to say.
951-Riverside
Apr 2015
#43
Do it yourself, since you persist in putting words into my text which aren't there.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#46
As an NYC resident, I expect these ads to get ye olde vandalism treatment -
LiberalElite
Apr 2015
#71
'Stirring the pot is what it is.' That's what hate speech is intended to do.
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2015
#81