Anil Desai: About freedom of expression: It should be exercised with responsibility.
Response: 1. Who decides the threshold - the artiste, civil society, the judiciary or extremist elements? 2. After the judiciary decides, can extremist elements continue to obstruct justice or order? 3. What is the time period which can be considered reasonable?-50 years, 100 years, 1000 years? What is to stop extremist elements from raking up a discussion item held today in various fora and accepted by civil society as normal and say that it hurts their religious sentiments and feelings some 10 years from now? Regards, Marshall