Stand up and fall down for your principles

A new report on hate speech and hate crime recommends expansive new hate speech and hate crime laws, but contains nothing on protecting free expression; a medical body has called for gambling on sports to be banned; and China has adopted an American tradition and started using forced labour to pick cotton.

Report on Hate Speech and Hate Crime - 39:30

Show Notes

https://www.irishpsychiatry.ie/external-affairs-policy/college-papers-submissions-publications/positions-policies-perspective-papers/gambling-disorder/

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/china-cotton-forced-labour/china-accused-of-forcing-570000-people-to-pick-cotton-in-xinjiang-idUSL8N2IV38N

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Legislating_for_Hate_Speech_and_Hate_Crime_in_Ireland_Web.pdf/Files/Legislating_for_Hate_Speech_and_Hate_Crime_in_Ireland_Web.pdf

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bf5a6549f87704e72f6df9b/t/5fdb568f97e50c3a7e345b82/1608210064170/EBI+submission+to+the+hate+speech+consultation.pdf

What is TRSI?

It's basically just a more vulgar version of Statler and Waldorf.