Free Speech

February 16, 2009

Letters to the Editor
The Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, Florida 33132-1693

My dear guardians of Free Speech,

3 years into the controversy about the removal of Vamos a Cuba from school libraries I am glad to see the Herald is still in favor of free speech. Since that is about as risky as being in favor of cheese in Wisconsin or wheat in Kansas may I suggest a thornier path for you to go down to show your aversion to either the notorious “chilling effects” or the equally treacherous “slippery slope” of any kind of restriction on speech?

While we await an en banc review from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals may I suggest that you run the Mohammed cartoons?

13 centuries after the birth of Christ Christendom survived the publication of The Divine Comedy.

14 centuries after the birth of Mohammed he should be able to survive a little jostling, shouldn’t he?

After you run them you can tell us why the Fairness Doctrine is counter to all the traditions of the press in this country and should not be allowed back into law.