Summary: <p>What is a justified reaction to being insulted?</p> <p>That's the gold nugget for us all to consider today, and comes about due to the next listener question, this time from Helen, Shavertown, Pennsylvania, USA.</p> <p>“Enjoying your recordings, even though I disagree with you for I’d guess 50% of the time. What I’d like you to explore is, Salmon Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses was attacked and stabbed here in the US. It's said to be an attack on free speech. Who dictates who should be free to speak and who isn’t? So called terrorists in the Middle East and in Ireland often haven’t been able to air their views publicly. Why are some allowed free speech and others not? Why is an attack on Mr Rushdie an attack on free speech but when the west attacks people with differing views it's often said it's not an attack of free speech? I have full sympathy with Mr Rushdie but this is something I’m pondering and churning on. I also notice nothing is really being reported about this specific situations, how is the guy doing, anyone know?”</p> <p>Always interesting where the listener questions take co-hosts Stuart and William, it's often unpredictable, but it's what you the listeners want exploring afterall. They have a look at, via today's chat, whether it's true that when any of us do something controversial, we really have to pay the consequences of our choice. What happened to Rushdie though is an extreme example of that, but there are extreme people out there we have to remember. </p> <p>Is freedom of speech, a freedom to say anything and anytime? Whatever we do though, someone somewhere is likely to be insulted, aren’t they? </p> <p>It probably isn’t that some organisations are being silenced, but they lack a platform to speak from? You may disagree though?</p> <p>During this episode Stuart and William discuss the upcoming Environmental Debate Live & Unscripted event, this podcasts format expanded and made more experiential, then set in front of a live audience, and arranged to take place next on May 27th at the former Bothy Vineyard in Oxfordshire 3.30pm to 9pm. To secure your tickets for this event, use the following link:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807"> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807</a></p> <p>What do you make of this discussion? Do you have a question that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by sending an email to thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com, or record us a message in your own voice by going to<a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message"> https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</a></p> <p>This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice. </p> <p>Help us to spread the impact of the podcast by sharing this link with 5 friends<a href="https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view"> https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view</a> , support our work through Patreon<a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside"> https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside</a> or just 'follow' to avoid missing any public posts. Find out all about the podcast via this one simple link:<a href="https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside"> https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside</a></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
