TheTelegraph: Rowan Atkinson: we must be allowed to insult each other
Rowan Atkinson is having to explain the intellectual underpinnings of the First Amendment speech clause to the Brits. "The Blackadder and Mr Bean star attacked the 'creeping culture of censoriousness' which has resulted in the arrest of a Christian preacher, a critic of Scientology and even a student making a joke, it was reported. He criticised the 'new intolerance' as he called for part of it the Public Order Act to be repealed, saying it was having a 'chilling effect on free expression and free protest.'" [rdbrewer]