http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/03/georgia-orthodox-scandal/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 30 May 2012 14:55:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/03/georgia-orthodox-scandal/comment-page-1/#comment-1604390 Sofia Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:54:58 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=104577#comment-1604390 Surely I am the supporter of freedom of expression and consider it a fundamental value of democatic society,but can anything be classified as freedom of expression? The form that so called "expression" has taken is far beyond the normality. And no matter would it be Orthodox patriarch or Muslim leader. This is wrong. While condemning Georgia of anti-democratic moves, I would like all those critics to remind "Otto Preming Institute against Austria" case, where European Court of HUman Rights accepted the idea that if the expression has taken the forms which is clearely abusing the rights of other people it should be stopped, EUCHR has agreed to cencor the film called "Liebeskonzil" claiming that it would cause Religious instability in society. I do not think this case is anyhow different, surely anyone can express their very subjective ideas , and even if they don't like Patriarch they can critisize them but in a limitted borders so it would not become from freedom of speech into abuse! And one of the videos they made was clearely abusive. Far more interesting is what are the reasons for making such things? Is it just way of expressing mind, or has far more deep roots, and aimed at religious instability and conflicts in country? Surely I am the supporter of freedom of expression and consider it a fundamental value of democatic society,but can anything be classified as freedom of expression?
The form that so called “expression” has taken is far beyond the normality. And no matter would it be Orthodox patriarch or Muslim leader. This is wrong.
While condemning Georgia of anti-democratic moves, I would like all those critics to remind “Otto Preming Institute against Austria” case, where European Court of HUman Rights accepted the idea that if the expression has taken the forms which is clearely abusing the rights of other people it should be stopped, EUCHR has agreed to cencor the film called “Liebeskonzil” claiming that it would cause Religious instability in society.
I do not think this case is anyhow different, surely anyone can express their very subjective ideas , and even if they don’t like Patriarch they can critisize them but in a limitted borders so it would not become from freedom of speech into abuse! And one of the videos they made was clearely abusive.
Far more interesting is what are the reasons for making such things? Is it just way of expressing mind, or has far more deep roots, and aimed at religious instability and conflicts in country?

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