I took part this week in a debate at London’s Queen Mary College on the motion ‘This House believes in the right to offend’. Speaking with me for the motion was Pater Tatchell. Oposing the motion was Brian Klug and Anshuman Mondal. (I debated Mondal on this issue online last year.) Here are my introductory comments. Oh, and we won the debate. One of the ironies of debating free speech is that no one is actually against it. Anshuman Mondal […]

Categories: Free Speech • Tags: avijit roy, censorship, free speech, offence, religious freedom