A piece of mine at Mercatornet.com about Baroness Warnock’s recent suggestion that old folks suffering from dementia ought to off themselves for the good of society.
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Not a hate crime. A crime, period.
I have said before that I’m a free-speech absolutist, à la Voltaire. But I make two exceptions: libel, and incitement to violence. This, if true, falls into the second category, and he should be prosecuted. Not because he’s targeting gays (I’d say the same if he were targeting blue-haired biddies), but because he’s advocating violence. …