http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM
“Every time you silence somebody you make yourself a prisoner of your own action, because you deny yourself the right to hear something.”
The late Christopher Hitchens, addressing an audience on the ever-important subject of freedom of speech.
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Thank you for posting this speech. It is soul searching, soul regrouping, and soul reaffirming, at a time when we all need it to remind ourselves why we are so upset about what’s happened in France this week.
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Many thanks to you as well David, as always, for reading and taking the time to comment. This has been a truly horrific week, for lovers of peace everywhere and for supporters of the fundamental right to free speech.
I always love reading or listening to Christopher Hitchens, and though I am of the Catholic faith myself, his criticisms of religion are intelligent and serious, and a powerful reminder of why we all depend on the right to speak our minds.
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