https://www.jwire.com.au/section-18c-the-ethnic-community-council-has-its-say/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.jwire.com.au/section-18c-the-ethnic-community-council-has-its-say/#comment-58511 Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:12:27 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=39565#comment-58511 On the face of it, 18C (&D??) are reasonable and fair. However, when Andrew Bolt is convicted of vilification for pointing out the obvious, that some white and fair Australiand use their Aboriginal ancestry for personal advancement, we see that the Act is being misused. We also see the Act misused when the ECAJ not only fails to use it against BDS activists, but publicly dissociates itself from action taken against Lynch. The same communal leadership which fails to use the Act against various mohammedan groups and clerics or against public broadcasters; the grossly offensive The Promise series on SBS comes to mind. So lets not get so percious: maximum free speech should be allowed and even minimal hate speech should be suppressed. The law must change to reflect realities not favoritism to groups which are the proteges of the enforcers of PC.

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