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1. Freedom of Speech

The Reith Lectures

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The Power of Wards to Wreak

There are writers like Rashdi who want to write novels about sensitive subjects, but are held back by the specter of social censure. Literature is increasingly viewed through ideological rather than artistic lenses. While I insist that violence is never an acceptable response to speech, I do not deny the power of wards to wound. Some of the deepest pain I have experienced in my life have come from wards that somebody said or wrote.

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