Everyone has a choice.

You can vote for "freedon of speech" where all sides of an argument have equall validity to be heard. Which in turn leads to informed decision making. Or you can vote for "zero tolerance" which only allows the views of an oppressor to be muted. Where no-one has the right to speak out against decisions that effect them

If I wanted the second choice I would move to Burma, Zimbabwe or one of the other dictatorships dotted across the globe.

Fair and open debate is the only sure way to make progress. Wars are never won by brute force alone. Somewhere down the line there has to be dialogue or there will never be any progress made on anything. History should have taught us all that!

I personally would like to thank derrys1969 for being an excellent  forum Coordinator  His views have been informed and articulate. He has denounced piracy from day one of this topic being posted. But he has been fair handed to all parties on either side of the fence and has kept the debate calm and civil. Which is exactly what a forum like this is designed to do.