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cahult:
Well, the whole concept of "Freedom of speech" was written into the first edition of the swedish laws in the 13th century. We have one of the longest traditions of freedom of speech. That incident with Oprah being edited on TV4 has not much to do with freedom of speech, it

flap:
According to that article nothing was censored; the show was censured.

cahult:

quote:Originally posted by flap:
According to that article nothing was censored; the show was censured.
--- End quote ---


I read about the words in a dictionary right before you wrote this. It was censured, that is right. It makes the link even more hard to understand why this is a blow to swedish freedom of speech.

Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by flap:
According to that article nothing was censored; the show was censured.
--- End quote ---


You mean as in criticise? In French the word for 'censor' is 'censure', so it can be quite confusing.

It could very well be a mistake, though. Or perhaps it's a deliberate attempt to mislead us.

[ September 22, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]

flap:
Yes, I mean to criticise. The watchdog criticised the tv channel, they didn't censor the show.

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