Tuesday, October 16, 2007

free speech, you tube, etc...

During the seminar, Antonin mentionned the video that caused a bit of scandal several weeks ago. At a forum where John Kerry was speaking, an unruly student was taken away, silenced and "tasered" by the police. Watch the video.
The incident was covered by the local press and the television outlets passed excerpts form the videos taken by students attending the meeting. Wikipedia offers an ongoing debate (see the discussion page) about the event and tentative transcript of the exchange between Us Senator John Kerry and Andrew Meyer.

For more information on the repercussion of this event check out the NYT article on a student journal using vulgarity to express discontent towards the administration.

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