Q&A: Incitement or Not?
Incitement or Not?
Question
A Haredi man was photographed with a sign that said: “Master of the Universe, kill Gali Baharav-Miara and her supporters.” He was arrested and questioned on suspicion of incitement. Is this incitement? Seemingly, he was just expressing a wish to the Holy One, blessed be He, and wasn’t calling on people to carry out the act.
Answer
I have always wondered about the investigations conducted into people involved in pulsa denura ceremonies. It really is nonsense and empty wind. But here there may be a bit more room for it, since it is possible that someone will decide to help the Holy One, blessed be He, and serve as His staff and executor. At such an extreme level of tactlessness and stupidity, maybe it doesn’t hurt that they arrested him even if there isn’t a very good reason for it. Clearing idiots from the land.
I completely think this falls within the realm of incitement.
P.S. I drink from the waters of Michi and people like him on the issue of freedom of speech, and I’m totally liberal. But it’s very easy to see that ignoring signs like this leads to encouraging murder. Everyone understands deep down that the Holy One, blessed be He, is not going to kill the Attorney General, certainly not for political reasons. This is an expression of a desire that someone kill her.