The burning of a printing press is a ridiculous act in today's climate where news and information doesn't depend on ink and paper.
So when a leading newspaper, Leader Publications was attacked on Wednesday (Nov 21st 2007), the paper went on and published its Nov. 25th edition as usual â€" online -by early Sunday morning.
Journalists and the Free Media Movement earlier took to the streets and documented the protest on this blog.
As its editorial (appropriately titled "We have risen from the ashes") stated, "whether books be burnt, presses destroyed, TV and radios smashed up, human thoughts and ideas in the minds of people cannot and will not be destroyed." It cited Thomas Jefferson's famous statement "Were it left to me to decide whether, we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter'."
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