Paul Hill wrote: > This is interesting. Salman Rushdie was banned from the recent Jaipur > Literature Festival in India, so some of the attendants decided to > read from his work. > It seems India also has free speech issues regarding the Internet. > > http://www.harikunzru.com/archive/reading-satanic-verses-jaipur-2012
"To Mr Owaisi, and others who feel that the notion of ‘freedom of speech’ is just a tool of secular Western interests, a license to insult them, I say that the contrary is true. Freedom of speech is the sole guarantee of their right to be heard in our complex and plural global culture. It is the only way of asserting our common life across borders of race, class and religion. Just as I reach out my hand to Salman Rushdie, I do so to Mr Owaisi, and to Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, whose seminary is, after all, called the ‘House of Knowledge’, in the hope that, as fellow believers in the vital importance of words, we can resolve our differences - or at least come to understand them correctly - through speech and writing, instead of violence and intimidation." Freedom of speech? What Freedom of Speech? The entire UK (and its satellites) is and will be a dictatorship - a dictatorship by assembly, to be sure, but a dictatorship none the less. The only sort-of free country - the US - is also under constant tyrannical efforts from the would be "dear leaders". The central hallmark of dictatorship is the outlawing of the law-abiding citizen's right to keep and bear arms, which is under worldwide attack and has been for years. When your weapons go ALL your freedom goes. No one should be surprised at speech and press censorship in India. Of course, the criminals and enemies of society are not affected by the gun ban in any way, just the law-abiding are disarmed, and silenced. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
