From: George Sherwood 

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:27:25 +0000, Adam wrote:

> Tony Williams wrote:
>> The UK parliament just voted down a bill which could have watered down
>> freedom of speech wrt religious issues:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4668868.stm
>>
>> I don't think religious extremists are going to have much luck trying
>> to censor the world.
>>
>>
> We europeans don't like religious types forcing their views on us very
> much.
>
Maybe not quite as you think.  Looks like this editor in France got canned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4672642.stm

"The editor of a French newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet
Muhammad has been sacked.

Jacques Lefranc was dismissed by the owner of France Soir, as his paper
became embroiled in a developing row between Muslims and the European
press."


George

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