By: Sylvia Davila MM
Bogotá
Copyright - 2009
The Press says that a project to limit the newspapers’ first page has just made its course to the Congress. The need to suppress other’s right to speak must come from insecurity about own ability to defend arguments, convince with ideas or persuade with conviction. Why make efforts to shut up others? If an argument is solid why fear it to be discussed? If the truth is being told why fear it to be questioned? If a proposal is good why fear different opinions? Why fear?
To limit the journals’ first page says the
journal article. What is to be limited? What is being said? the amount of what
is said? the way it is said? to
whom it is said? the person who says it? In any case, the project seems to want
to limit the information or the journal position before the information. But
then who’s to decide what the “correct” information is? Politicians ascribed to
a close world of mutual favors? The decision collectively is to be taken by a
just and responsible Press, and individually by conscience.
Freedom
of thought and of expression exists in almost every Constitution of the world,
including ours. They are fundamental rights. Respect has always been condition for coexistence, respect
for the basic rights that feed existence. To everyone the same right.
Covered by it, and certain of own confidence and convictions, why fear?
If someone in your close circle decided to limit others chance to speak,
would you be outraged? Well, that’s the project that made course to the
Congress. Outraged? Ok. Otherwise just learn to be silenced./ SYLVIA DAVILA MORALES® 2009
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