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January 03, 2003
Once again, tolerance for only "approved" speech
A newspaper reporter has been suspended for a week without pay in Florida, for saying the following:
"Except for Jordan and Egypt, no Arab nation has a peace treaty with Israel. They've had 54 years to get over it. They choose not to."
and also...
"I don't give a damn if Israel kills a few in collateral damage while defending itself. So be it."
The editor of the paper, in commenting on the suspension, had this to say: "[the comments] run counter to many of the values we hold dearest, among them tolerance, diversity and inclusiveness." (emphasis mine.)
Here we see true censorship at work, as political correctness wins out over speech that dares to be different.
Posted by crandal at January 3, 2003 08:19 PM