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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Given that, don't you think the British government were a bit counter-productive in stopping him from entering the UK? Wouldn't it have been better to allow him in to show his film and speak and then let people make their own minds up, rather than effectively turning the guy into one of those annoying martyr's for free speech that regularly clog up the newspapers?
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Yes, of course the UK should have let him in. Wilders, apart from being a national embarassment for Holland, is an elected MP of a fellow EU-country. Granted, he's facing charges in The Netherlands, but nobody is guilty until etc..
Refusing him entrance was a stupid decision, that indeed only turned him into one of those annoying martyrs for free speech. It got him tons of free publicity and gave him another opportunity to call other politicians cowards, in this case Gordon Brown and Maxime Verhagen. One for refusing him entry, the other for not protesting that strongly enough.
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real question should be: Why would the British parliament show that "film" of his?
"Film", because calling it that is an insult to film makers. His "film" is like some youtube footage thrown together with Windows Movie Maker.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
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I'm getting really, really tired of seeing/hearing him every day on the television, radio, newspapers and internet.
Oh, and you're two weeks late with starting this thread.