Actually, insulting a religion is not hatred, insulting a human being is. Inciting violence, discrimination, and injustice via speech against anyone or any community (Muslim, Hindu, non-believer, whatever) is hate speech.
If someone buys a copy of the Geeta and burns it in his private space, or at a reasonable distance away from the Hindu believers, that would not be hating the Hindus. However, vandalizing a temple, hurting people there, burning religious books there, etc. would be hatred against the Hindus. The same standard should apply for other religions and their believers and for non-religious philosophies and their followers. Of course, no sane person would spend his money to buy some books and burn them. I believe, if the Muslims, Hindus, Christians, etc. bought millions of copies of Mao Zedong's biography and burned them, the Chinese Communists would be smart enough to print millions more copies and make money by selling them to the religious bozos.
Sukhamaya Bain
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From: Jiten Roy <jnrsr53@yahoo.com>
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2013 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Re: Bloggers should be punished duly if they used derogatory words a
To: mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 7, 2013 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mukto-mona] Re: Bloggers should be punished duly if they used derogatory words a
Bangladesh Hindu Buddha Christian Unity Council is demanding for enacting "Hate speech" law in Bangladesh for a long time. When someone calls "Malaun" to a Hindu, this is not only an insult to a person, but also a derogatory remark on their religion. If court punishes bloggers for the derogatory remarks on Islam, Hindus should be able to use this instance to file a lawsuit when someone calls them Malaun. Hindus will welcome enacting Hate-speech Law in Bangladesh. Let's wait and see what happens. Jiten Roy
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