Blogging from the Highlands of Scotland
'From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step' - Diderot

Wednesday 14 January 2004

Free speech in Britain

I've resisted joining the debate about Robert Kilroy-Silk, former Labour MP, and his 'plain speaking' (or 'hate speech', according to some) remarks about Moslems and the fact that his puerile morning chat-show on BBC1 television has been withdrawn pending an inquiry into the remarks, made in an article published in a British tabloid. However, this sensible commentary in a generally sensible forum just about sums up my view of this whole matter, so I'll adopt it as my own reaction.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Welcome to my comment area. Whilst all comment is welcome you are requested to respect the views of others. To read full terms for use of this facility, please visit my 'Terms of Use' section, linked to under the 'About this Blog' heading at top right of the blog. Note added 12JUL2010 - All comments will now be pre-moderated before they appear in this blog; this is a measure to prevent 'spam' commenting, which has become frequent of late. Thank you.