THE recent attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has re-ignited the debate on the limits of freedom of expression and the right to offend ... speech that gives offence to other people ...

Last month’s cyberattacks against Sony and the recent killings of 12 people during the ... an international debate about freedom of speech and the right to offend. Both Sony and Charlie Hebdo ...

Richard King is a writer and critic who argues people have become too ... Richard believes the principle of free speech means nothing without the freedom to offend, and excessive sensitivity ...

But there is always a group of people who want to push this freedom of speech to the right to offend. Since when did freedom of speech become a right to offend? Yes, it is true that we may say ...

Defending the Right to Offend The never-ending assault on free expression Michael Moynihan | 1.6.2011 4:30 PM Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit Share by email Print friendly version ...

Much has been discussed about our increasingly angry, aggressive, easy-to-offend, and quick ... If we truly want to enjoy freedom of speech, even when people might vigorously disagree with each ...

After citing examples, they concluded, “smart people do ... is where the arguments about the freedom of speech become most tone deaf. The freedom to offend the powerful is not equivalent ...

About 22,000 people have signed a petition calling ... This is primary school stuff. Practical freedom of speech, graduate-level freedom of speech, is not a black-and-white issue, not just a ...

When such policies are attempted, they lead to bullying, favoritism based on power and the end of meaningful freedom of speech and thought ... We suspect that few people would want to live in an ...