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Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief in At TMV. Jul 25th, 2007 | one response
We ran this post a few days ago about a free speech issue raging in Spain. Now the beset magazine has run a…unique…retraction. Read THIS POST and be sure to click on its links.
I have the copy of the magazine with me now. I don’t ordinarily buy it, but I thought I’d do it out of curiosity and as a show of support. I do wish they had been more aggressive in their reaction. Other than the cover and a brief editorial, there were no other references to the incident within the magazine. I suppose they did it to avoid further legal trouble. Still, it’s been refreshing to see that the public is overwhelmingly on their side on this issue. Now if we can just get rid of laws against “denigrating the Crown”. It’s SO 19th century…
I have the copy of the magazine with me now. I don’t ordinarily buy it, but I thought I’d do it out of curiosity and as a show of support. I do wish they had been more aggressive in their reaction. Other than the cover and a brief editorial, there were no other references to the incident within the magazine. I suppose they did it to avoid further legal trouble. Still, it’s been refreshing to see that the public is overwhelmingly on their side on this issue. Now if we can just get rid of laws against “denigrating the Crown”. It’s SO 19th century…