On 7/2/08, Murali K Warier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It should not be unethical in publishing things which might be hurtful to > any > community in this world. > > Then the papers should contain only one column: for the weather. No, there > are enough touchies out there who would be offended by the weather report > too. Why not do away with newspapers altogether? > > The bottom line is that, implicit in the freedom of speech is the freedom > to offend too. *Giving offense (especially about esoteric things like > religious philosophy) and giving harm are two different things.* If we > kill one, the other will die too.
Pls do tell me how to distinguish between the inflammatory discourse ( as giving ofense) and freedom of speech. Based on this, I will follow up. Now, let us talk selfreflexively and start analysing what both of say and has said. "Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. " > > Best regards, > Murali > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Asma Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
