http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/08/07/ezra-levant-wins-case/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2008/08/07/ezra-levant-wins-case/comment-page-1/#comment-174507 Ophelia Benson Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:14:27 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=1180#comment-174507 Well it probably does have a chance of winning with some people - the people in charge at Random House spring to mind. But at the same time it also motivates a whole lot of other people to 'offend' and criticize and take the Michael and dispute who wouldn't have done so in the absence of all this bullying and silencing. It also causes a lot of people to dislike and fear and resent Islam who wouldn't have otherwise - so whether this clever plan is such a good idea overall may be doubted. Well it probably does have a chance of winning with some people – the people in charge at Random House spring to mind. But at the same time it also motivates a whole lot of other people to ‘offend’ and criticize and take the Michael and dispute who wouldn’t have done so in the absence of all this bullying and silencing. It also causes a lot of people to dislike and fear and resent Islam who wouldn’t have otherwise – so whether this clever plan is such a good idea overall may be doubted.

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