Monthly Archives: January 2015

The 1% head for New Zealand

Terrific, just great. From The Guardian, Jan 23:

With growing inequality and the civil unrest from Ferguson and the Occupy protests fresh in people’s mind, the world’s super rich are already preparing for the consequences. At a packed session in Davos, former hedge fund director Robert Johnson revealed that worried hedge fund managers were already planning their escapes. “I know hedge fund managers all over the world who are buying airstrips and farms in places like New Zealand because they think they need a getaway,” he said.

Free speech vs. hate speech: Why is it legal to insult Muslims but not Jews?

Free speech vs. hate speech: Why is it legal to insult Muslims but not Jews?.

Good points. Either speech is free, or anti-Muslim speech (including derogatory cartoons) should be illegal in the same way that anti-Jewish, anti-gay, anti-anything speech is.

Isn’t it our position that the correct response to expression of a hateful opinion is the airing of contrary opinion? “More speech”, not censorship and prosecution?