--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I find it surprising that the immigrants in the > UK did not raise a cry when the book appeared in > print - more so, to stop future insensitive titles > and texts from appearing. We condemn practices of a > generation ago with harsh words (see discussion on > caste). But today's practices are > called "unfortunate"; and I think that is amazingly > unfortunate. :=)) > Mario opines: "....to stop future insensitive titles and texts from appearing."??? How exactly would such censorship be achieved? The last time I checked Britain still had a strong heritage of freedom of speech, up to and including allowing some pretty radical Imams to publicly incite their followers to kill Brits and westerners in general, which the Brits are now struggling to control when it comes to incitements to kill people.
The comparison with the discussion on caste is also curious, because we were expressing our freedoms of speech in that discussion, not suggesting anyone's ideas or words be censored.