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Originally Posted by Tom Swift
Ridiculous. Penguin should be ashamed.
Penguin's withdrawal of The Hindus causes international outcry
Pirate copies are immediately being posted online in protest of this action.
I find blasphemy laws hilarious. The strength of their beliefs must be so tenuous that they are unable to stand the slightest criticism.
"One man's religion is another man's belly laugh"
-- Robert A. Heinlein |
The freedom of speech is under attack everywhere. I am puzzled by those who aren't concerned by the US FCC's desire to place human monitors in US newsrooms. True, they backed down, but only when an FCC commissioner blew the whistle, saying the commission never got to vote on this thing.
Sandra Korn, a Harvard Senior, and a writer for the Harvard Crimson has published an article saying that free speech should be abolished on campus and that harvard should not guarantee students and professors the right to hold controversial views or to publish an research that might put a "justice" based Liberalism in a negative light. What is sad, is that she is a senior and about to go out into the world.
I didn't list these cases to argue these issues, the fact that these examples even exist to argue about, adds support to the idea that the freedom of speech is under attack. As readers and writers, I think we need to commit ourselves to defending the freedom to say unpleasant things and hold silly outrageous views.