Thread: Oh My - Controversial Artwork Destroyed!
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Old 10-08-2010, 06:40 PM   #100
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Would you not agree, though, that the right to express unpopular or controversial points of view is what needs to be protected? That's what "Freedom of Speech" (or artistic expression) is all about. Popular viewpoints don't require protection.

As somebody whose name escapes me once said, "I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it".
That would be Beatrice Hall in her Friends of Voltaire (1907). It was a phrased she used to suggest Voltaire’s attitude. (She explained as early as 1935 that she had not meant to attribute the actual phrasing to Voltaire, although most people today believe the quote to be his.) Her exact words were, "I disagree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
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