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Where does free speech stop?

Ros Atkins Ros Atkins | 18:13 UK time, Tuesday, 25 September 2007

We're off air now, but you can follow the debate below.

Sorry for the late arrival of this post - blame it on Luci in Demark, Ricardo in New York, Michael in Uganda, Helen in Australia, Alan in Thailand and Johannes in Berlin who are amongst a whole bunch of you who have signed up for the Daily Email while I was in Namibia. It's taken me a while to reply to all of you since I got in.

Here are today's subjects...

DOES FREEODM OF SPEECH HAVE A LIMIT?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must have known he'd never be able to come and go quietly when he agreed to speak at Columbia University... Though he may not have expected to have been welcomed by Columbia President Lee Bollinger who described Mr Ahmadinejad as . I don't expect they went for dinner after the talk.

Well the visit has duly delivered a raft of talking points, many of which revolve around where free speech stops, and unacceptable opinions begin.

Should President Ahmadinejad have been allowed to speak at Columbia? If you're answer is no, is that because of what he's said in the past, or what he said yesterday? (Whether he has actually denied the Holocaust or called for more research on it is the matter of some debate.) If your answer is yes, is there any opinion that would make you compromise free speech, or should anyone be able to say anything in your country?

Also, is this about the passing of time? Can people express opinions about the past that they can't about the present?

BURMA ONCE MORE
Another day, and despite the government sending loud-speaker trucks around Rangoon telling people not to go on the streets, . We'll hear as much as it possible from people who are there. You're welcome to send a question or comment.

DID YOU MISS MILIBAND AND MOSES?
Here are your comments on the British foreign secretary from Thursday's WHYS, and on Friday's sport show in Namibia hosted by Ed Moses. You can download both shows here:

SOUTH AFRICA - THE WHERE AND WHEN
Deep breath, next week is the start of two weeks in South Africa for Mark, Fiona and me. Here's the run-down.

Speak to you later on.

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