“They’re running away when no-one says boo. That’s what we used to call
cowardice,” he said.
He dismissed claims that Western ideas of freedom of expression did not apply
in India where violence between religious communities has claimed thousands
of lives in the last two decades and said the country was in danger of
crushing free speech in the name of religious tolerance.
People must be free to be rude about other people’s ideas and comments, he
said. “The idea that we shouldn’t upset people is widely accepted in
India….[but] who gives people who are upset the right to attack me? he
asked.
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