Azmi Sharom <\/p>\n
The Star <\/p>\n
Publication Date : 17-09-2014 <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the past few weeks there has been a lot of discussion, indeed in some cases one might say uproar, over the use of the Sedition Act. <\/p>\n
I have no wish to talk about the Act itself because it has been done to death in recent times. Furthermore, I am currently rather intimately involved with the Act as I was charged under it earlier this month. <\/p>\n
Instead, I would like to go back to the fundamental issue here, which is freedom of expression. Clearly the Sedition Act curbs freedom of expression. Is this a bad thing? Well, not necessarily. <\/p>\n
You see, despite what some quarters might believe, no one in his right mind would want absolute freedom of expression. That would be ludicrous. <\/p>\n
However, before we begin to discuss what sort of restrictions on expression there should be, let us first examine our attitudes towards this particular freedom itself. <\/p>\n
Naturally I cant speak for anyone else, so this is a purely personal take. I think that the ideal is absolute freedom. <\/p>\n
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