Mark Steyn's Australian Freedom of Speech Tour 2012 

a Brilliant speech .. ! Steyn is a man of our time

“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.” --Salman Rushdie 1992, quoted by Mark Steyn “I don’t want to get off the hook. I want to take the hook and stick it up the thought police’s collective butt. And then I want to give it a twist. When a state apparatchik says you can’t say something, that’s all the more reason to say it again and say it even louder. Because you’re not the issue, they’re the issue…That was my attitude with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. "Under their travesty of a human rights code I’m guilty, because the right not to be offended is now the greatest human right throughout the western world. And the statutory penalty for my crime would have been a lifetime publication ban in British Columbia and de facto in the west of Canada. Because I wrote a book. "So the state is presuming to criminalize not just my writing but the reading habits of mainstream Canadians… " --Mark Steyn Well done!

Love this guy, he just tells the truth.

"There is no greater Tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of Justice". Charles D. Montesquieu.

Powerful words and delivery from a man who clearly understands and can preview the coming situation over the "Western world". If we assume quite correctly, that Islam itself, as practised (not by many Muslims), by those who teach/extol/promote it, will directly and promptly curtail and eventually extinguish any freedom to speak if it goes against their dictates, then the values we hold dear - those that have been fought for over decades and centuries - will disappear completely. We have to understand that Islam brooks no compromise, no opposition and no criticism whatsoever. This is not even mentioning the total suppression of entertainment, including theatre (unless it is "approved"), popular music, the local pub, comedy shows (how many of those are there in Riyadh?) and only a conditional permission of sporting events. The first to go, as in any dictatorship throughout history, will be free speech. The very concept is anathema to Islam - the word itself means "submission". It may well be that global demographics will be unrecognisable after 2100 - it may happen that Islam inhabits Europe and Judaeo-Christians from Europe will inhabit (and make successful) the Middle East and further afield!!!!! Mass immigration will be followed by mass migration!!!

that ending was moving strong stuff

go Mark Steyn.

Very true, i'm gay and on the left of the political spectrum and i feel such a sense of betrayal when i seen extreme leftists side with Islamic fascists.

Well 2023 shows that Mark was absolutely right years ago.

Articulate, funny but dead serious..brilliant fellow here

I'm a big fan from Wales Ammanford 😊😊😊

best speech of this decade so far

Mr Steyn's reference to David Icke earlier in his discourse is useful to remember when he recounts several absurd and insane cases brought before Courts around the Western nations. In these cases, each was deemed to be unlawful, due to Laws having been passed in the respective nations. That is the whole point of Mr Icke's argument - this movement IS worldwide, whether or not it is being controlled in the shadows by shape-shifting lizards or simply a sinister group of humans. It cannot be coincidental that similar Laws are passed in Western nations simultaneously - surely, a connection exists.

Fabulous

Big fan of steyn.

Amazing to think that Sarkozy would denounce genocide in Armenia, considering he's promoting it in France.

Why has know one seen this video? Better yet why is that know is watching Mark Steyn videos?

Adore Lucifer - mate, you have missed the point. Watch this video again and again until you understand the message.

Great speech. I wish he'd lose the nervous tic of constantly touching his nose though!

This is disgustingly hypocritical from somebody who supported the Bosnian genocide.

Brilliant.Vomiting and diarrhoea.

Yuck. Rhymes with a brand of shampoo. You learn something new everyday.

I don't think you've grasped what i'm saying. I'm actually centre left not a marxist. Also their is such a thing as Islamic fascism. What do you think most of the state structures are in the middle-east. You can't just throw in a few big words and expect to seem intelligent when what you're saying doesn't make sense.

Fuck,"YUK"