| | But I noticed the conspicuous absence of the Koran itself from your lists.
That is because I haven't read it. However, I know that most muslims claim that it states categorically that murder is forbidden.
But as to the incitement of murder in the bible each of the ten commandments had a specific (fatal) penalty applied to them.
In fact one of the ten commandments is: "do not commit murder" or "thou shalt not kill".
Again on your comment about fiction did you not get the Galilao example, sometimes people hide controversial (sometimes dangerous) ideas...
That because I am not arguing the case against dangerous ideas, but a specific incitement to commit murder.
The punishment should fit the crime. The way to respond to improper speech is with proper speech. The way to respond to actual initiation of force is with retaliatory force.
However, you just admitted in your post that force could be initiated through speech by "aiding and abetting" a murder. I think we both agree here on incitement being a crime, it is just the degree of involvement needed to warrant it that you are questioning.
The proposition that terrorist propaganda per se should be illegal is obviously wrong. However, if a specific murder can be linked to a specific publication in court, then if it potentially incites further murders, that publication should be banned.
I don't agree with the - "but the publication allows us to keep track of the murderers in the open" argument.
It is a bit like saying, "murder should not be illegal, because murderers will just hide from the police and public and try to cover it up".
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