On 2/17/06, Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu February 9 2006 18:29, Badri Natarajan wrote:
> >> Free speech carries "terms and conditions" everywhere. There is no such
> >> thing as an absolute right to free speech
> >
> > Really?
> >
> > Check this out - an Indian minister is offereing a reward to behad the
> > cartoonist
>
> There is, no doubt, often a disconnect between a principle and how it is
> actually applied - the disconnect can go in the direction of excessive
> censorship, or sometimes the other extreme as has happened here.
>
> It's a disgusting, tasteless statement, no doubt. As long as he is serious
> about it, there should be action taken..but if it isn't taken
> seriously..well..yes, tasteless as it is, that's still free speech.
> Admittedly, this is a case on the very borders of what I personally
> consider the limits of free speech and (for me), it will turn on whether
> it is serious or a publicity stunt - I suspect it is the latter..
Is an election approaching? Is his district heavily Muslim?
Anne Marie
--
Nitimur in vetitum semper cupimusque negata.
("We strive after the forbidden thing and always
lust after those things which are denied us").
--Ovid, Amores, III, 4, 7.
