I've been no-platformed from every university with a strong Islamic faith community.
The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
I don't care how sacred is freedom, but I think the time has come for governments, at least the Malaysian government, to censor the Internet.
We've seen violent responses to 'Satanic Verses.' We've seen violent responses to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in an evil way.
The U.S government hates rap music
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.
Warning stickers on books would be a nightmare.
Local school boards may not remove books from the school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books.
Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.
A moral argument about whether censorship is good or bad deteriorates quickly into accusations about who is more or less patriotic, moral, pious, and so on.
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather than summarily removing a book from their possession.
There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.
Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content.
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he is no longer a critic; he is a censor.
