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Buzz Kill

04/17/08 6:54 pm

Beheadings

When the philosophers Jürgen Habermas and Richard Rorty went to Tehran to criticize religious oligarchy, their lectures were attended by an astonishing 1500 people.

That is a great example of Free Speech in Iran! I had no idea the Iranians were so open-minded.

If Habermas or Rorty held such a lecture in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, I suspect they would have left in a couple of boxes.



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