Thread: Racism - An illness or a Way of life?
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Old 06-25-2008, 05:07 PM
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Re: Racism - An illness or a Way of life?
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Originally Posted by MissB View Post
I agree... we should all speak our minds... but perhaps we need to try being a little more selective about when/where/how we choose to do so...

Thats a level of censorship I can't agree with MissB

I understand WHY you said it - but then we end up not being true to ourselves and indeed the problems of racism, sexism, ageism etc etc etc continue to infiltrate and poison society because people are afraid of open discussion.... fearful of slipping masks....


One of my favourite quote in relation to freedom of speech states:

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. ~Noam Chomsk"