Venomous pens are better than bloody swords

TERRY PRONE’S glib patter about defenders of “the modern construct” of free speech (in the context of the debate on the Danish Mohammed cartoons) points out the very many limitations on freedom of expression which exist in the west (Examiner, Feb 13).

Of course, there are many insidious ways whereby freedom of expression can be denied, curtailed or compromised, and it is indeed salutary that we are reminded of some of them.

It hardly needs to be stated that freedom of expression must be restricted in the interests of other more fundamental or equally important freedoms.