tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post729411345631542415..comments2024-03-06T13:50:29.718+05:30Comments on E's flat, ah's flat too: When N Ram supported freedom of speechRahul Siddharthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-73796119303443858732008-04-23T14:26:00.000+05:302008-04-23T14:26:00.000+05:30Well I just found that N. Ram also supports freedo...Well I just found that N. Ram also supports freedom of speech when his staff are being arrested!<BR/><BR/>The Hindu, ca. 2003, has the following report on the famous occasion when the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly got the police to arrest some staff at the Hindu on a privilege issue:<BR/><BR/>-----------------------------<BR/>"This is a direct challenge to the freedom of speech and expression," Mr. Ram told a crush of journalists at the newspaper's head office. "We will challenge the move in court and in all democratic fora, starting with this newspaper."<BR/><BR/>"It's outrageous and highly undemocratic. ... It has become a major national question.<BR/>-------------------------<BR/><BR/>It's sort of amusing that all this outrage was over police actions that would have led to a few days detention. I agree that's an unpleasant fate, and N. Ram may be right in calling it "outrageous", but does he not realise how minor a degree of harrassment this is when compared with what the Chinese government regularly hands out to offending journalists?Sunil Mukhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155823169161030174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3112258799568696095.post-75616116787071945392008-04-21T13:32:00.000+05:302008-04-21T13:32:00.000+05:30Heh! I vote you instantly send this to The Hindu!Heh! I vote you instantly send this to The Hindu!Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com