Pastor Jones and his Koran
The Pastor Jones Koran burning story has truly been a triumph of idiocy. To put it in Internet-speak, the entire world media has been feeding the troll with astounding recklessness. The responses of...
View ArticleKoran burning in the UK
News has emerged that six young men in Gateshead in the north-east of England have been arrested for burning a Koran and posting the video on YouTube. A couple of weeks ago, a Times reporter asked me...
View ArticleFree speech includes Koran burning
President Karzai of Afghanistan has called for the Obama administration to condemn the recent Koran-burning in Florida by Pastor Wayne Sapp. The symbolic immolation of the book led to riots that left...
View ArticleLetter from America: Senator suggests eroding free speech and no one seems to...
Respected US Senator Lindsey Graham said a remarkable thing last Sunday morning on one of the weekly political round-up shows that are popular with Washington insiders. “I wish we could find some way...
View ArticleYasmin Alibhai-Brown and free speech
Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has some interesting thoughts on free expression in this morning’s paper. Inspired by a discussion at Oxford Literary Festival with Index chief executive John...
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