Comments on: International free speech roundup

By: Richard Nieporent

Richard Nieporent — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:13:29 +0000

Re: Protesters block student access to “men’s-rights” speech at U. Toronto

You have to feel sorry for the poor woman in the video. Not only is she unable to understand the meaning of the First Amendment, but she seems to have a severe case of Tourette Syndrome.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:20:51 +0000

Re: blocking access to the men’s rights speech in Canada: I recall campus feminists blocking Dinesh D’Souza when I was in college. My political opinions were forever changed.

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:06:53 +0000

The British elite’s original firestorm against “News of the World” and other tabloids was understandable, even if the original spark (that NotW reporters were manipulating a murdered girl’s cell phone account), opportunistically fanned by the “New York Times,” turned out to be false. While American supermarket tabloids make things up and the public are free to believe or disbelieve them, British tabloids’ eagerness to dig up the dirt by whatever means necessary was chilling to prospective victims.

That said, I nevertheless agree that Britain needs to clean up their censorship-prone libel-law cesspit before even considering any new restrictions on the press.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:10:49 +0000

I found the reaction to the phone hacking scandal (item 1 above) excessive. It reminds me of the reaction to Ingid Bergman’s marriage to her director Roberto Rossellini. Bergman was condemned in the United States Senate. The world was blessed with Isabella Rossellini and her twin sister Isotta. The Senate apologized for the condemnation a few years ago.

I wonder if others see community madness in the Leveson inquiry as I do.