tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post116167242228268673..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: The Sound of One Hand ClappingPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161711079603600032006-10-24T18:31:00.000+01:002006-10-24T18:31:00.000+01:00I don't think I could add anything to the case aga...I don't think I could add anything to the case against you that you have not already added yourself, so I'll leave it at that.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161704635956444902006-10-24T16:43:00.000+01:002006-10-24T16:43:00.000+01:00Afraid not old man. I made my point that rudeness ...Afraid not old man. I made my point that rudeness and disrespect prevents reasoned and constructive debate or communication of ideas as you yourself have conceded which is after all the very purpose and aim of freedom of expression. Since you have not apologised once for the huge amount of alarmist, scaremongering demonising claptrap that you spout on this blog or your constant deliberate misrepresentation of my positions (or is it you just don't understand my position) I hardly feel i owe you an apology.Ismaeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705906069437555860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161702495151097922006-10-24T16:08:00.000+01:002006-10-24T16:08:00.000+01:00You were trying to be subtle?You have apologised t...You were trying to be subtle?<BR/><BR/>You have apologised to me twice before now. Once after trying, completely inappropriately, to make capital out of my request that people not wave the Danish cartoons at the rally last March, and the second time after making the most extraordinary allegations in the run up to a planned debate in Oxford.<BR/><BR/>Reflect for a moment on the reasons why I felt that your post of this email required almost no comment. We have had private correspondence in the past, as well as telephone calls, and neither of us broke those confidences. This time you have.<BR/><BR/>So you might consider making it a hat trick, rather than persisting with your current approach.<BR/><BR/>As to the "point" you feel you were making, this type of schoolyard oneupmanship is no substitute for rational debate. I believe there should be no legal restrictions to free expression and that nobody should be threatened, hurt or killed because of something they have said. There is a distinction between upholding someboby's right to speech - yours, for example - and agreeing with what they say or indeed with the way they have said it. <BR/><BR/>In your case, in this instance, I agree neither with what you say, nor with the way you say it. But I'm not suggesting you should be prevented from saying it like this, and I'm not going to try to organise a demonstration in protest.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-1161699170129314302006-10-24T15:12:00.000+01:002006-10-24T15:12:00.000+01:00Peter,do u still not get the point i'm making? Or ...Peter,<BR/>do u still not get the point i'm making? Or am i making it too subtly perhaps....Ismaeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15705906069437555860noreply@blogger.com