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“Take the risk of thinking for yourself- much more happiness- truth- beauty- and wisdom will come to you that way”, “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend it ceases to exist.”
The words of Mr Stephen Fry –
“I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance. That is my religion, and every day I am sorely, grossly, heinously and deeply offended, wounded, mortified and injured by a thousand different blasphemies against it. When the fundamental canons of truth, honesty, compassion and decency are hourly assaulted by fatuous bishops, pompous, illiberal and ignorant priests, politicians and prelates, sanctimonious censors, self-appointed moralists and busy-bodies, what recourse of ancient laws have I? None whatever. Nor would I ask for any. For unlike these blistering imbeciles my belief in my religion is strong and I know that lies will always fail and indecency and intolerance will always perish.”
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I know so little of Mr. Stephen Fry, other than his stellar performance in V for Vendetta. Now having just done a bit of inquiry, me thinks I’ll buy his book, The Ode Less Travelled. I must thank you, and I do.
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You are welcome Peter. He is an interesting man and I agree with many of views, and envy his ability to convey them so eloquently with such a punch, and often with humour too. He is touted as being a fervent supporter of fox hunting mind you, however when asked he said this was not so, he has argued with hunters on the subject and also with anti-hunting supporters too, so I’m not entirely sure where he stands there, however he is a fascinating clever man who thinks as I do about a great deal of subjects. He will, I have no doubt, make you laugh too.
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