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PTBC J-Log

A conservative OPINION blog --with bite. OPINION by Joel Johannesen.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

You know what? A good read: “An Insult to Free Speech”

Written by Joel Johannesen on Tuesday June 10 2008 at 10:28 AM

Today’s editorial in the National Post reflects a passage of ignorant words uttered by Khurrum Awan, which, you know what?  I highlighted yesterday.

An insult to free speech

National Post
Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Freedom of speech does not include the right to have one’s views published or broadcast. Nor does freedom of the press carry with it an obligation to give space to views opposed to those held by the press’ owners or their editors.

Indeed, the only way that a right to have one’s views aired could exist is if the government restricted the freedom of the press, forcing media outlets to publish or broadcast material that was deemed otherwise unworthy.

In other words, such a “right” would exist only if the state assumed the power to regulate public discourse, which would be anathema to our democratic ideals.

Apparently, Khurrum Awan doesn’t have much respect for those ideals. A recent graduate of Osgoode Hall law school in Toronto, Mr. Awan has put his name to various human-rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine and writer Mark Steyn, whom the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) accuses of Islamophobia. Mr. Awan and his coplaintiffs demand that the magazine provide a pro-Islamist writer with space equal to the amount devoted to Mr. Steyn’s work. ...


Posted by Joel Johannesen on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10:28 AM
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