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In reply to the discussion: A war is raging against free speech [View all]MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)and it's not really what is in actuality in Europe.
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16253537,00.html
"In 1994, city authorities in Trier banned the performance of a musical in which one of the characters, "Maria" - who had been inseminated by sperm on a toothbrush - called the birth of her child a "virgin birth," in reference to the Immaculate Conception of the New Testament.
The legality of the ban, which was based on Paragraph 166, was confirmed by a number of courts around Germany. But in most cases regarding such "artistically" justified provocations, most German courts see no punishable offense.
If, however, an action that offends religion is not able to invoke artistic freedom or satire, Paragraph 166 can be used. In 2006, a man was sentenced to one year probation and social work, after he disseminated sheets of toilet paper with the word "Koran" printed on them."
http://www.businessinsider.com/geron-pastitsios-2012-9
If incitement to religious hatred is to be a crime, then every TV preacher will be in jail, because their religion IS hatred.