10/27's Summary

Dear Reading Club Friends,

First of all,please read the reading reflection of  《論語》,written by Dr.Cheung: http://readingclubcityu.blogspot.com/

Today we started our meeting by discussing the issue of “大陆狗”, and then we talked about the freedom of speech.Please also see a example given by Marcia W Baron,a moral philosopher at the University of Illinois in the US:
"A speaker had been invited to campus. The point of his lecture would be to oppose free speech. Some of the faculty objected streuously to having him to campus and favoured 'uninviting' him. Free speech is a great value, and they did not want to see it underminded by this or any other speaker. Others defended the plan to bring him to campus-- and they did so in the name of free speech".
But, our friends, how could both parties appeal to free speech in defence of their respective views in this dispute?
Have you ever though abou questions like this? We all said it's an offence to say the word "大陆狗", but why can the public and media name Mr.Stephen Lam Sui-lung by using the word "林公公"? Moreover, isn't it an offence for Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to called Hon. Wong Yuk Man Raymond as a "叉仔" or "黑社会"?
We do not have a standard answer for these kinds of ethical problems, but we do have a not bad solution for it: The Golden Rule (One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself). It seems that there are no best anser for the fundamental ethical problems and we have to be patient enough to search a better one,isn't it?

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