tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8622651.post9177109762750633687..comments2023-11-03T19:04:59.843+05:30Comments on Bland Spice: When Goliaths collideBland Spicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18118881822892452579noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8622651.post-31588445762053152992012-03-13T11:00:29.077+05:302012-03-13T11:00:29.077+05:30@gullu: I would say am a little conservative when ...@gullu: I would say am a little conservative when it comes to freedom of speech, coz most of the people do not have that internal restraint and don't know where to draw the line. I am afraid the world we live in, is driven by phobias and constant need to conform, so I feel that in the years to come the freedom of speech will be curtailed further.Kholuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656227107446258685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8622651.post-54090564600270078702012-03-13T01:37:28.665+05:302012-03-13T01:37:28.665+05:30TUIB. exactly. are restraints are for us to decide...TUIB. exactly. are restraints are for us to decide.<br />no one is infinitely free in all possible senses. yet, when we project our fears and make theme general constraints, we restrain others, impinge on their right to find their own balance, own path, to live on.Bland Spicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18118881822892452579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8622651.post-45408613642674388352012-03-13T01:16:19.670+05:302012-03-13T01:16:19.670+05:30It's very interesting that le Carre brings up ...It's very interesting that le Carre brings up something called "limits of freedom". Doesn't that sound a little awkward, that phrase? A limited freedom is a bit of a contradiction in my head. <br /><br />I like the definition of the right to freedom of speech that Voltaire gave us, "I do not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it."<br /><br />Also, all that "to insult with impunity one of the world's great religions" bit was a more than a little overdone, I thought.<br /><br />How does one insult a religion with impunity by writing a mere book? <br /><br />Personally, I never get how anyone can be offended by a book when they have the simple option of not reading it. I mean, there's just good writing and bad writing and I don't see anyone sending Chetan Bhagat a fatwah anytime soon.<br /><br />On a more serious note, about restraints lying within one's self - I think that's where they rightfully ought to lie. Within a single individual at a time. If we try to impose restraints on a larger scale, it's hard to do it without risking the curtailment of somebody's freedom.Tangled up in blue...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09863311350462955038noreply@blogger.com