The threat to liberalism comes mostly from Indian liberals. They want a big government that constantly interferes with personal freedom. It puts barriers in the way of private enterprise, not realizing that people enrich themselves by trading with each other, and not by depending on charity. Their commitment to freedom is incomplete—they defended the free speech of M.F. Husain or Chandramohan against those Hindutva fanatics, but not of the Danish cartoonists or the publisher who was jailed for publishing a Sikh jokebook. They are driven by politics, not principle, writes Amit Varma in the Mint (28 June 2007) "A liberal complaint"
URL: http://www.livemint.com/2007/06/28000419/A-liberal-complaint.html
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