tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post5802645561925356665..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Ahmadinejad and Freedom of Speech - IIYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-6388693250631651492007-09-26T14:56:00.000+02:002007-09-26T14:56:00.000+02:00Certainly no one owes Ahmadinejad a platform for h...Certainly no one owes Ahmadinejad a platform for his wicked nonsense. And denying him one isn't at all tantamount to having laws against uttering such things, so I don't think "freeom of speech" is the category. As to the consequences, LGF has a link here<BR/><BR/>http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27225_BBC_Readers_on_Ahmadinejads_Columbia_Speech&only<BR/><BR/>that seems to indicate that at least some people were impressed by him.<BR/><BR/>Myself, I think it would be much better not to make the guy look important by giving him a prestigious platform from which to speak.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-20093192809222182692007-09-26T07:28:00.000+02:002007-09-26T07:28:00.000+02:00http://shual.blogspot.com/2007/09/response-to-yaac...http://shual.blogspot.com/2007/09/<BR/>response-to-yaacov-lozowick.htmlShualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586117846879850768noreply@blogger.com