QUOTE (chiisai_hana @ Feb 11 2006, 11:00 AM)Also, freedom of speech has its limits, as pointed out already. I believe if you infringe on another's freedoms, it can be restricted ot(in Canada anyway).The only limit to the fredom of press in Canada is that you can't publish an article that is diffamatory (hmm, not sure this is actually a word in english
) In other words, you can't implies something that is not true without any proofs.
For example, if someone is found not guilty of murder in a criminal trial, you can't publish an article saying he is a murdered, unless you have some extremly solid evidence to back your claim.
As far as I know, its the only canadian rule that limit what you can say or not in the media. For radio and TV, there is also the CRTC mandate, but that is not the same. It simply forces TV and radio stations to stick to the kind of programming they have been issued a lisenced for.
QUOTE Do they have political cartoons in the Arab nations? Yes they do. I saw a couple from time to time. Even right now, there is a contest in a newpaper (either syrian or libian, not sure which one) to make a comic on the holocost as a response to the Danish comics.
Someone now has the brilliant idea to drag into these events yet another religion. If this continues, maybe the budists will get involved in a few weeks!