A journalist in Forbes magazine thinks the "EU has funny ideas about human rights...
...news stories from assorted Old World democracies make a persuasive case that they badly need a First Amendment over there. Not impeded by one, governments engage in a degree of speech suppression unimaginable in the U.S."
Hmmm I'm a big fan of the first amendment in many ways and I also happen to agree that you can drive a coach and horses through the get-out clauses for government (eg in the UK) in human rights legislation, but pots, kettles and black come to mind here, given the systematic dismantling of the US Bill of Rights that has been going on in recent years, as well as the history of the abuse of rights of certain groups in the US...
No political system can guarantee respect for civil rights. Only the constant vigilance and commitment of the people can do that.
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