"Biju Chacko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The sad fact is that in India, not "offending sentiments" is more > important than individual rights of expression, or freedom of thought. > If you create something that offends any special interest group (read > vote-bank) whether it be Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, farmers > or backward castes you can be guaranteed that it will get banned. > > Unfortunately, intellectuals with respect for individual rights are > not a significant vote bank.
I've always wondered how so many individual rights got snuck into the US constitution. I can't believe it was because the majority would have freely voted for them if they understood what it implied. Luckily, we have them anyway, and at this point it is hard for the people who don't respect them to get rid of them. -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
