propaganda press! freedom in Guyana

David DeCaires gave an interview with The Voice - Britain’s Best Black Newspaper carried by the Jamaica Gleaner. make sure you check this out. as you know we have our issues with Stabroek. but that’s neither here nor there we suppose in this instant

I have learned that free speech is the devil. What I mean by that is it is not a nice thing. I used to, perhaps naively, think that if you let everyone have their say, somehow or other some kind of consensus view would emerge or an approximation of the truth. I don’t believe that any longer.
I believe that is a very difficult topic and it is naive to feel it is as simple as that. A lot of views are underinformed or biased and you end up more readily with a tower of Babel than with the emergence of truth.
My views on free speech initially were a little naïve and oversimplified (but) it is absolutely vital that people should have the power to express their views and that within limits, their views should be taken seriously. It is where you draw that line that is so difficult …