Depression
Other than the fact that I deplore the suppression of TelQuel and NIchane and the arrest of editor Ahmed Benchemsi, I am too depressed to say much. For a comprehensive description of this latest outrage to freedom of the press in Morocco, see Eatbees.
Any journalist who does not know the law ruling his profession is not a journalist.
Any journalist who does not distinguish between insult and reporting, is not a journalist -
Insult and contempt are not freedom of speech .
I respectfully disagree. It's precisely the speech that we find insulting or disagreeable that needs protection. Thank you for your comment.
Also, while I think that what Benchemsi wrote was critical, I did not find it insulting or contemptuous.
Why all this brouhaha for some despicable virus trying to destroy the fabric of our country ?Bernchemsi does not deserve it and it 's wrong to support a blind a subversive.
Why should I sympathise or defend Benchemsi ?
What does he do for me or for my homeland?
Is he more important or more valuable than the developer of Morocco?I mean the king.
What Benchemsi doing is to sabotage the developement of Morocco in every aspect in order to reach popularity and power .It's pure greed, no more no less. He is actually testing the determination of the government and his luck too .
Right now , Moroccans don't need full freedom of speech or full democracy .
Morocco needs right now jobs, social and economic development .That's our priority if we have to survive in this competitive world.
Observ what is happening in Iraq and in some Middle East countries when someone tries to force democracy and all that stuff associated with it !
These countries fall in chaos and get destabilized.Iran became islamist when Khomeini got the power Iraq and Palestine ...and even Lebanon - And it's there where Benchemsi and his blind supporters want to lead us.
Morocco and Moroccans will have everything they want in the near future if they have patience without Benchemsi and consorts comme Larbi/org for instance.
Morocco is not yet a European nor Norway to impose democracy and its bazar ont it, it's still a developing country
with 40% of illterate people and which income per capita is about one dollar a day-
First things first -
Mohamed VI , the leader and builder of the modern Morocco is right now, is right now the most valuable person for the country .
Who is Benchemsi?
What is his value for Morocco?
What does he really know besides disturbing and embarrassing the king and the country ?
Benchemsi will deserve what the justice has in store for him especialy that he is still in probation for a precedent crime against the king.