Footnotes
I N D R A S I N H AAbian: Row about Sistine Chapel ceiling
ceiling sistine chapel FREEDOM OF SPEECH (Abian)
: Does freedom of speech mean that one is en_title_d to shout at the top : of one’s voice through a megaphone at two o’clock in the morning in a : residential area?
Abian answers: Yes, freedom of speech means that one is en_title_d to shout at the top of one’s voice through a megaphone at two o’clock in the morning in a residential area! But then, the same freedom of speech en_title_s the judge in the courtroom (by using the same freedom of speech) to say: I am using my freedom of speech and I am telling you that you are going to be incarcerated. In reality, Freedom of speech is exercised only by a person or by a group of people who are backed by an overwhelming brutal force. Period ! (there included all kinds of brutal forces: enraged mobs, majority mobs, the combined muscular force of majority, divisions of armies, all kinds weapons, tanks, atomic and hydrogen bombs, etc). All that a powerful person has to say is I am using my freedom of speech and I am telling you to shut-up! A classical use of freedom of speech! After all freedom of speech is to be free to make a statement and you, shut-up is a statement and when it is backed up by a brutal force, it is extremely effective! and one will shut-up. Alexander Abian