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The ‘New York Post’ on NYU’s Shame
A New York Post editorial from Sunday condemned New York University for its decision to “knuckle under†to the heckler’s veto by ordering that the Danish Mohammed cartoons not be shown at a public panel discussion about the cartoons. The Post approvingly quotes Â鶹´«Ã½IOS, which called NYU’s decision “both chilling and absurd. The fact that expression might provoke a strong reaction is a reason to protect it—not an excuse to punish it.â€
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