Hateful words a war crime
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Hateful words a war crime
| Thu, 12-04-2003 - 10:34am |
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20031203-113817-3449r.htm
With a trio of guilty verdicts yesterday, the U.N. tribunal for Rwanda has established that men armed only with words can commit genocide.
NPR had a good story on it yesterday, too.
rtsp://real.npr.na-central.speedera.net/real.npr.na-central/atc/20031203_atc_08.rm

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Renee
I wouldn't denigrate it by calling it hate speech. It's more on the lines of how the Nazi manipulated the media for their own purposes.
I think it's an important acknowledgement of the responsibility the media has in most societies today and that they can be held culpable for misusing their power in such an immoral way.
Renee
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war."
--Ann Coulter
Is it me or is she calling on America to kill Muslim civilians, to commit a war crime? Or is this supposed to be a joke?
Renee
Isn't Coulter in violation of the UN covenant cited in the article you posted?
"The U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, drafted in 1966 and ratified by 151 nations including the United States, says: "Any advocacy of national racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law."
She is advocating both racial AND religious hatred, (which is fully protected as free speech) but then she incites violence. She urges Americans to stamp out Islam, and kill civilians.
Edited 12/4/2003 4:15:44 PM ET by metrochick
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