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"Mr President, freedom of expression in the European Union, expressed through directives and regulations, has imposed limits on the shape of bananas, the volume of milk production, and the temperature of washing-up water. It has also resulted in a free market that is only free for monopolies, media terrorism and the violence we all witnessed perpetrated by followers of Mohammed who felt insulted by certain cartoons.
The right to freedom of thought and expression as enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights cannot be interpreted as
to offend the religious sensitivities of believers, and this should apply to all religions. We Poles are well versed in Gospel truths. We know that ‘every good tree bringeth forth good fruit’ or, in other words, ‘that by their fruits ye shall know them’. We should therefore draw the appropriate conclusions from recent events, and implement the provisions laid down to protect human rights and democracy in such a way that freedom of expression does not come to mean lack of respect and lack of responsibility.
If it fails to respect ethical and moral principles, freedom will evolve into destructive lawlessness or even into a dictatorship of relativism."@en1
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