"J. Colaco < jc>" <cola...@gmail.com>, writes: "While a 'class action suit' is hardly the way to approach this issue, it is possible that Marlon and Selma are right on this matter. Both Marlon (in the US) and Selma (in the UK) are allowed (it appears) under their rights to 'freedom of speech' to call Afro-Brits and Afro-Americans .....niggers in public. Will they please confirm? It appears that J. Colaco wants to take on the role of an apologist for Bollywood, perhaps unintentionally. Please look at the quote below from the draft anti-defamation bill at the Ministry of Justice in the UK.
"But freedom of speech does not mean that people should be able to ride roughshod over the reputations of others, and our defamation laws must therefore strike the right balance – between protection of freedom of speech on the one hand and protection of reputation on the other." The entire doc. can be found at http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/draft-defamation-bill-consultation.pdf J. Colaco further indicates that he is well aware of the problem: "The fact is that Goans (esp Goan women) have been needlessly, unfairly and ignorantly slandered and cast in derogatory light by Bollywood and the Indian media.....ever since I can remember. and provides his solution (not even a slap on the wrist): "Bollywood ....please stay in Bollywood. Goa is a fictional place. Do not come there. Enough is enough." Comment: Wishful thinking sometimes works. But in this case an irreversible corrective action is called for, one that will remedy the pain inflicted and deter further abuses.