Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizen - Plato (428 BC - 348BC)
Sep 30, 2009
BFM 89.9 :: The Business Station
Put on your earphone/speaker, the interviews with Gayathry from Centre of Independent Journalism is what I am talking about all the while - that without a vibrant and independent reporting in the press, democracy is just a dream.
Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst, who were executed for participating in the White Rose resistance movement against the Nazi regime in Germany.
"When books are challenged, restricted, removed, or banned, an atmosphere of suppression exists…. The fear of the consequences of censorship is as damaging as, or perhaps more damaging than, the actual censorship attempt. After all, when a published work is banned, it can usually be found elsewhere. Unexpressed ideas, unpublished works, unpurchased books are lost forever." - Robert P. Doyle
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