For once in my life an unnamed Guardian reading friend of mine made me feel quite liberal. Being a fluffy media type not that suprising that I occasionnaly have these feelings, but I tend to lean right rather than left when debating with this person.
It was merely a drunken coversation about the merits of C4's documentary the other day about climate change. Strangely the argument turned to freedom of speech as 'Mr Lefty' told us that the documentary should have not been aired. Now for someone who spent three years studying politics with this young man, and having myself focussed on freedom of speech, I was shocked to hear such ramblings.
Is it a sign of age? Do we all at some point hit 'the wall' and decided that we are the only ones educated enough to make decisions, and that we should protect 'the masses' against this evil nonsense?
While I don't support what was said on Channel 4, or what was debated in later days on Newsnight by a variety of 'experts', I defend to the death blah blah blah. In all honesty though it really did make me realise that even those few remaining idealists amongst us believe in equality amongs their own, but not us all sometimes.
Hey ho - life isn't always as it seems
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