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The poem
Regarding a poem “I Slam”. Sorry but I missed the issue that caused the furore, I haven’t read the article, what I am irked by is the clamour to deny free-speech – “because I don’t like it”.
Censorship from any quarter is what our forefathers fought against, what our principles uphold today – free speech.
This clamour to stifle and deny is positive discrimination, one party sensibly countered this Islamophobia with a countering poem of anti-discrimination, the rest called for censorship – shame on you!
What gives you the right to decide what can or can’t be printed – by all means exercise your hard-won right to free speech and COUNTER the sentiment.
The editor / paper should not apologise, stand up for yourself – you are not a politically motivated or oriented vehicle (as many are these days) you do right thing, publish (and be …..) and let common sense and humanity decide.
Peter Kennedy … Continue Reading
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