We Must Not Tell Lies
Jul 23, 2007
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.
The flawless logic behind this:
"How long are we going to allow a person from any country in the world to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Chavez asked during his weekly television and radio program.
Damian Penny comments:
Reminds me of what a Sandinista official allegedly said about a Nicaraguan opposition newspaper in 1984: "They accused us of suppressing freedom of expression. This was a lie and we could not let them publish it."
That reminds me of the muslim response to accusations that Islam is a violent religion. "If you slander us by saying Islam is violent, by Allah, we'll riot and cut off your head!" "If you say Chavez is a tyrant, he'll have no choice but to banish you!"
There are certain things which all totalitarian idealogies have in common.
Posted by: Classical Liberal | Jul 24, 2007 at 10:52 PM