tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post7563735010105693680..comments2023-06-20T11:45:11.879+01:00Comments on Kebab time: Freedom of speech (again)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-37057172966424721752012-04-18T21:09:42.936+01:002012-04-18T21:09:42.936+01:00Well I do agree on one level with you Bill about f...Well I do agree on one level with you Bill about free speech. <br /><br />But then I've been listening to breivik's trial in Norway and wishing they had starved him of the oxygen of publicity.<br /><br />Life is always never black and white but many shades of grey.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838907973999351620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-38573124423427704972012-04-13T22:30:13.480+01:002012-04-13T22:30:13.480+01:00This is something I wrote to you a few weeks ago b...This is something I wrote to you a few weeks ago but decided not to send at the time.<br /><br />It relates to the quotation <i>I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it</i><br /><br />As I once posted long ago to you in another place, this was attributed to Voltaire but he probably never actually said it. It is something that someone ought to have said though.<br /><br />As an interesting aside, Voltaire's adopted name is an anagram … of his real name when written in Latin form.<br /><br />I hope you have read his Wiki but, if not, here is the strap:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire<br /><br />I can thoroughly recommend you to reading Candide, his most accessible work, available in Penguin. It is a wonderful example of irony at its finest and is still very readable. You will see from it that there are some ways in which nothing changes. Sometimes things written centuries ago can help us greatly today.Schrodingers_cathttp://schrodingers8cat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-21362909912221741352012-04-13T20:01:17.128+01:002012-04-13T20:01:17.128+01:00It's impossible not to break the law, probably...It's impossible <i>not</i> to break the law, probably several at a time and continuously, because there are so many stupid laws passed by the control freaks who describe themselves as a government.Tachybaptusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4120607605276079906.post-6458187467934976312012-04-13T18:44:07.456+01:002012-04-13T18:44:07.456+01:00Break the law every day.Break the law every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com