tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post8839589999408201070..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: My Friends on Pop TVbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-60021100604870951832008-07-06T00:52:00.000+08:002008-07-06T00:52:00.000+08:00Of course I'm biased, but I don't think "there are...Of course I'm biased, but I don't think "there are far worse things to worry about" than books. I think those who've lost everything in natural or man-made disasters can be forgiven for thinking that, but *we* can't be excused for thinking that. Freedom of speech and imperialism of all kinds -- economic, cultural, ideological -- are not two separate issues. Surely any educated person who sits down to think about it can see the many connections between the freedom of speech and the global class struggle. Freedom of speech is not a luxury we should save for a time when people are no longer starving to death; it is the very means by which we hope to move -- albeit slowly and painfully -- towards a world in which fewer people will starve to death.<BR/><BR/>-- PreetaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-43065299646823015452008-07-05T12:12:00.000+08:002008-07-05T12:12:00.000+08:00yes, it's all relative,isn't it? i remember shakee...yes, it's all relative,isn't it? i remember shakeel posting a photo on his blog of some poor guy who had lost everything in floods in bangladesh and then asking why were we so concerned about things to do with books and publishing when there are far worse things to worry about. <BR/><BR/>but you have to argue from where you are standing a particular point in time. here it is so necessary to keep fighting for freedom of speech. if that's ever achieved, there will probably be the next thing along to fight for.<BR/><BR/>sounds like you are doing good work ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-83230219374658352672008-07-05T12:01:00.000+08:002008-07-05T12:01:00.000+08:00It's funny that we're here talking about press fre...It's funny that we're here talking about press freedom and "spiked" columns, and elsewhere people are starving to death. <BR/><BR/>I've just spent a good productive weekend in a place where the toilet was a hole in the floor, and the room faced a back alley covered in trash. The people there would struggle to come up with money to feed their addiction (of which I was in charge of) even if it meant that they didn't have enough to eat. There's nothing more disheartening that seeing someone empty his pockets, looking for the elusive coin that meant he didn't have to forego his addiction for one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com