The Pakistani Spectator

In methodology of US law or else, whereby, it awards legitimately, “free speech” in the contest of expression, means, a “freedom to communicate with all forms of expression”…………… mode and platform to respond in lieu of speech is in the domain of retaliator, depending on his trait, qualities and threshold to accept brunt, and the brunt itself depends on his previous or innate abilities as tolerances.

This is the fourth article in my series begun with my earlier article Limits of Free Speech, all dealing with issues behind free speech and free expression. (I originally planned just two articles, but these topics sometimes take on a life of their own! I do think this will be my last on the topic […]

You may believe me or not, but I wrote the following article, which is unaltered except for this new opening paragraph, before the recent bombing at the Danish embassy gave tragic illustration of the sad folly and irreplaceable human losses that can result from hideous over-reaction to the words or images of a handful of […]

I will begin with a few remarks inspired by the responses to my last article Limits of Free Speech: Based on those insightful responses, I think that earlier article (which focused on the legal issues behind free speech) missed the more important question, which is how best to live with the moral responsibilities of free […]

I would like to describe an American perspective on free speech in today’s article. In US legal terms, “freedom of speech” is actually broader than it sounds, really extending to a freedom that applies to all forms of expression. For example, the US Supreme Court has held that laws forbidding burning the US flag are […]