Freedom of Speech

Recently, came across a disturbing piece of news. A university of colorado professor, Ward Churchill was censured and may lose his tenured professorship. His crime was to voice his opinion about the 911 cause, and going against the prevalent public opinion. And this in a country which supposedly was born on the principles of freedom, and tries to spread (read force) it around the globe. Shameful....

This brought again to the forefront my opinions about political and economic system in a country. People of that country have the right to choose whatever form they wish. And particularly, universal democracy is a lofty ideal, as lofty as the ideals of Marxism, but similarly difficult to implement. Democracy means voicing of one's free will. But, it is so difficult to have that. In this country definitely, it is not free, it is coerced and manipulated will. That definitely does not lead to true democracy. So, freedom of speech and press are critically essential for a properly functioning democracy, else the democracy gets as stifled as it has gotten here.