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proposed um to initiate a prosecution
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against Ireland for the failure to uh to
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to comply uh with European Union laws. I
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I say that's fundamentally misguided.
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And the reason that Ireland perhaps is
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so reluctant to comply with those laws
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is because it looks across the channel
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and it sees elderly people being
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prosecuted. that sees police
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increasingly tied up uh with looking at
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the so social media postings and the
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internet instead of making neighborhoods
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and communities safer. It is simply not
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working and I would urge the commission
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to revisit the approach that they're
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taking to hate speech.
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Suggests that freedom of expression can
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be limited or restricted by law for
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compelling reasons including protecting
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other fundamental human rights. But the
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right not to be offended is not and
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never will be a fundamental right.
