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Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8097979.stm

Monday, 22 June 2009 10:18 UK

The rise of Hate 2.0

It is estimated that more than a million people died at Auschwitz

The number of hate and terrorist websites has increased by a third in the past
year, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

The Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights organisation put the figure at more
than 8,000 in its 2008 report Hate 2.0. It said the presence of such sites
"demeans and threatens African Americans, Jews, immigrants, gays and virtually
every religious denomination".

And the number of so-called hate sites is growing fast, while the use of social
networks to push controversial messages is also on the rise.

In May this year, Facebook became embroiled in a row after a number of Holocaust
denial groups were set up on the site.


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WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its full
capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not mean that I
agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL" means that I believe
it is important for the people of this planet to know about what people think or
do, even when what they think or do is completely stupid and against our
philosophy. When I selected articles in the past about stupid Christian
fundamentalists in America praying for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader
was stupid enough to believe that I was supporting praying to change the
weather. So, when I select articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-semitic,
anti-Jewish, racist, revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or
religion, or any other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It
just means that it is important for all human beings to know about them. Common
sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good enough to
understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug decriminalization, it
is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment, which in this case was very
clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs, as it is stupid to throw depressed
and sad people (as only depressed and sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin
their life with a criminal record. That does not mean that there is any change
to the Message which says clearly that we must not use any drug except for
medical purposes. The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be
absolute. That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews,
antisemites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your enemies
or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight them. With love
and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence of the French philosopher
Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death
your right to say it".