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Giving a contrast between the United States and other developed democratic countries such as Great Britain and Canada, he provided constructive criticism and ideas about hate speech and dignity...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Waldron Gives Holmes Lecture | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...People in the US are ignorant about laws in other countries,” he said. Waldron pointed to the United States Constitution’s inherent protection of hate speech under the first amendment, calling the US “an outlier” in that it is one of the few nations from those he discussed that overlooks international law prohibiting racial commentaries...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Waldron Gives Holmes Lecture | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...mentioned that he has “no real optimism towards changing the constitution,” in reference to the “robustly misinterpreted” first amendment that endorses free speech...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Waldron Gives Holmes Lecture | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...hoped that the US can perhaps be open-minded and look at constitutions from other countries, expressing the necessity to preserve the dignity of minority groups without compromising free speech...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Waldron Gives Holmes Lecture | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...block will be giving guest talks on the art of the novel, which will be open to all at Sanders Theater. The Columbia professor, who splits his time between New York and Istanbul, sits down with FM to chat about Harvard, freedom of speech, and why winning isn’t everything...

Author: By Stephanie M. Woo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fifteen Questions with F. Orhan Pamuk | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

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