HAMILTON – When the New York Times opted not to publish Charlie Hebdo’s latest cover, self-styled free speech advocate John Blunt knew that free speech, as we know it, was dead.
“How can our society protect free speech if major news outlets decline to reproduce Charlie Hebdo cartoons,” Blunt asked his 87 Twitter followers.
As he thought about this violation of his fundamental rights, which he knows are enshrined somewhere or others, Blunt flew into a rage.
“A publication opting not to publish this image, which I am personally a big fan of, is the ultimate example of censorship,” he yelled, spit flying from the corners of his mouth.
“If we don’t make a strong stand for free speech and editorial independence now, how will the New York Times know how to exercise its freedoms in the future?”
At press time, the future of free speech depended on CTV renewing Corner Gas until the end of time.
